Robert Kenneally Position: Associate Athletic Director

Robert Kenneally, a Warwick, Rhode Island native, became Associate Athletic Director for Student-Athlete Services in 2002. As Associate Athletic Director, Kenneally has a myriad of responsibilities within the athletic department. He is the liaison to the Office of Admissions and the Department of Financial Aid. Kenneally also serves as the department eligibility officer for student-athletes. He oversees seven varsity sports and supervises six head coaches. He also is the Director of Student-Athlete Academic Support Services and is a University Academic Advisor.

Prior to becoming Associate Athletic Director, Kenneally was an Assistant Athletic Director and also served as the head men's and women's golf coach/Director of Golf Operations from 1998 - 2002.

A 1990 graduate of Brown, Kenneally enjoyed an outstanding four-year career as a high scoring forward for the Brown hockey team, leading the team in scoring in 1987-1988. As a senior, Kenneally received the Charles A. Lanigan Memorial Trophy, given to the senior hockey player who shows the most improvement during his varsity career. He received his bachelor of arts degree in organizational behavior and management and spent a year teaching biology and algebra, and coaching hockey and baseball at the Rectory School in Pomfret, Connecticut. He returned to the Brown campus in the fall of 1991, starting his career in the department of athletics.

An avid golfer, Kenneally is a1985 graduate of Warwick Veterans Memorial High School where he made his mark as a standout student-athlete. In 2000, he was inducted into Warwick Veterans High School Athletic Hall of Fame. He spent a postgraduate year at the Kent School in Connecticut before entering Brown in 1986. Bob and his wife Valerie and their two children Matthew and Megan currently reside in Cranston, Rhode Island.