| Ralph C. Kenney | |
| Birth Place: | Athens, Ohio, U.S. |
| Death Date: | (aged 78) |
| Death Place: | Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1910–1911 |
| Player Team2: | Ohio |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1910–1912 |
| Player Team4: | Ohio |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1910–1911 |
| Player Team6: | Ohio |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1912 |
| Coach Team2: | Roanoke |
| Coach Years3: | 1914–1915 |
| Coach Team3: | William & Vashti |
| Coach Years4: | 1920–1923 |
| Coach Team4: | Southwestern Presbyterian |
| Coach Years5: | 1925 |
| Coach Team5: | Louisiana Tech |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1925–1926 |
| Coach Team7: | Louisiana Tech |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1926 |
| Coach Team9: | Louisiana Tech |
| Admin Team1: | Southwestern Presbyterian |
| Admin Years2: | 1925–1926 |
| Admin Team2: | Louisiana Tech |
| Admin Years3: | ?–1929 |
| Admin Team3: | Highland Park JC |
| Admin Years4: | 1929–1931 |
| Admin Team4: | Carroll (WI) |
| Overall Record: | 7–7 (basketball) 17–5 (baseball) |
Ralph Clinton Kenney (– February 6, 1966) was an American coach, sports administrator, and military officer. He coached football, basketball, and baseball at William & Vashti College, and Louisiana Tech University.
Kenney born in Athens, Ohio. He played college football, basketball, and baseball at Ohio University.[1]
He was a graduate of Ohio State University and did graduate work at University of Chicago.[2] [3] He was a veteran of World War I, during which he served with the 82nd Airborne Division, and World War II.[4]
In 1915, Kenney served as the head football coach for William & Vashti College in Aledo, Illinois and led them to a record of 6–2.[5] Kenney later became the head coach for Louisiana Tech's football, men's basketball, and baseball teams for the 1925–26 academic year. He coached Louisiana Tech's football team to a record of 1–7–2. Kenney was the first basketball coach in Louisiana Tech history and led Louisiana Tech's basketball team to 7–7 record in the program's inaugural season. The Bulldogs lost the program's first two games to Centenary, but Kenney recorded Louisiana Tech's first ever basketball victory against Louisiana College. Kenney experienced the most success on the diamond leading Louisiana Tech's baseball team to a record of 17–5.
Kenney was the athletic director at Highland Park Junior College in Highland Park, Michigan before moving on in 1929 to the same role at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin.[6]
Kenney retired from military service in 1950 as a colonel in the United States Air Force. Kenney live the last 25 years of his life in Phoenix, Arizona. He died on February 6, 1966, at Phoenix Veterans Hospital in Phoenix.[7]