Kennedy Officially Named Head Coach for Men's Soccer

Kennedy Named 4th Men's Soccer Coach in FLC History

December 10th, 2009. Durango, CO. - President Brad Bartel and Athletic Director Kelly Higgins, have announced the Interim title for Coach Oige Kennedy of the Men's Soccer team was removed during the most recent meeting of the Vice President's council last Friday, December 4th, based on the request of Athletic Director Kelly Higgins. “As I stated when he was hired as Interim, he now has a chance to earn the position, and his performance this past fall had already clearly shown his abilities to me and Dr. Bartel, the men on the soccer team, and our FLC Soccer supporters. Now he's shown the rest of the NCAA, and I expect he'll continue to do so!”

Coach Kennedy had received word prior to the championship game that the Interim title would be removed. On December 5th, Coach Kennedy became the first coach in NCAA Soccer Championship history on any level to win a National Championship in his first season as a head coach. The Skyhawks defeated Lees-McRae College Sunday December 5th, 1-0 in Tampa, FL to collect their second national title in five years.

Kennedy was an assistant coach for Fort Lewis the past four years and was offered the Interim Head Coach position after Tim Hankinson left prior to the season to coach professionally in India. Kennedy led the Skyhawks to a 24-1 record.

“I'm very honored to be a part of this winning program and to follow in the footsteps of coaches such as Gunn, Fishbein and Hankinson. To be only the fourth coach in Fort Lewis Men's Soccer history is very exciting for me and I'm really looking forward to the future of Skyhawk Soccer, “ said Kennedy.

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