Scott Kennell
kennell@lycoming.edu

Scott Kennell will enter his fourth season as head women's soccer coach at Lycoming College in 2005. The ladies program has taken great strides in Kennell's three previous campaigns, increasing its win total each year culminating in last season's 12-5-1 mark, the most victories for one season in program history.  Although it fell one win shy of a berth in 2004, this season's strong corps of returning players and solid set of newcomers combined with Kennell's leadership has the Warriors poised for a trip into the conference playoffs.

Kennell began his college coaching career as an assistant at North Carolina Wesleyan College where the team finished the 1998 season ranked eighth in the south region. After one season at Wesleyan, he moved on to Gettysburg College to be the assistant coach under Dave Wright. In 1999, the Bullets won the Centennial Conference championship, earned the top seed in the NCAA tournament, and completed the year ranked ninth in the country.

Upon graduating from Wesleyan, Kennell was selected as the eighth overall college player to be taken in the 1998 Eastern Indoor Soccer League draft. After one season in Savannah, Ga., the Eastern Shore Sharks (affiliate of Major League Soccer's DC United) acquired Kennell. While with the Sharks, Kennell led the team in goals scored and was the team's captain. In addition to his experience as a player, Kennell has extensive training in coaching; including the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Premier "A" License. He is one of only two women’s coaches in the MAC to hold the Premier "A" License.