STATESBORO, Ga. ? Kevin Kennedy has been named interim men’s soccer coach at Georgia Southern University, announced by Director of Athletics Sam Baker on Monday (July 31). Kennedy replaces Kevin Chambers who resigned to take a position in the Georgia Southern Office of Admissions.

For the past six years Kennedy has been the Director of Coaching and Club Director of the Augusta (Ga.) Arsenal Soccer Club. He oversaw a coaching staff of 25 and business operations of the club, in addition serving as a staff coach for the Georgia Olympic Development Program.

Since January 2002, Kennedy also served as head coach of Augusta Aquinas High School, leading that squad to the 2005 AA/A State championship. The Augusta Chronicle 2005 ?Boys Soccer Coach of the Year’, Kennedy coached Aquinas to three consecutive Region 7-AA/A titles (2003-05) and during those same three years received the Team Academic Award by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Kennedy was an undergraduate at Augusta State, received his master’s degree from Georgia Southern, then went back to work as a men’s soccer assistant coach during the 1999 season. He was a three-year team captain during his playing days at ASU, twice was named to the Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll and in 1995 received the Tommy Werrick Scholar-Athlete Award.

A member of the NSCAA, he owns a United States Soccer Federation ?A’ license and received from the NSCAA an Advanced National diploma and Director of Coaching diploma.