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to initially coach the wrestling team and serve as a physical education teacher in the region. In his spare time, Kenney also coached the club soccer team at
Michigan State until it was upgraded to varsity status in 1956. When the program became a varsity program, MSU athletic director, Biggie Munn,
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Following an illness to then-head coach Marvin Allen, Kenney took control of the Tar Heels soccer team to close out the 1950 season. Following the season, Kenney was deployed to fight in the
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team. Kenney was a one-year letterwinner, being a member of the 1950 wrestling team. Upon graduation in 1950, Kenney became an assistant coach for the
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football team. Kenney never played a competitive game while part of the football team. Kenney was a four-year player in
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a book about philosophies and team strategies to approach the sport.
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his tenure in the school's athletics department, he published
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304:Standing
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