Andy Kennedy

UAB’s Kennedy receives contract extension

UAB head coach Andy Kennedy has received a contract extension through 2028-29, according to a tweet posted by the school’s men’s basketball Twitter: AL.com reports that the deal is worth $1 million per year and will increase by $100,000 each season for the length of the terms. Kennedy has gone 78-25 in three seasons at

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Kennedy inks new deal at UAB

After a record-setting 2021-22 season, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved a contract extension for UAB men’s basketball head coach Andy Kennedy. “Andy has raised the level of interest in UAB Basketball around our community,” said Director of Athletics Mark Ingram. “He has done everything he said that he would, including winning a conference

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UAB Basketball Staff Update

UAB men’s basketball head coach Andy Kennedy announced the promotions of Noah Dartmann and Josh Lane for the 2022-23 men’s basketball coaching staff. Dartmann, who enters his third year with the program in 2022-23 after spending the first two seasons as a graduate assistant and then video coordinator, will now serve as UAB’s director of basketball administration. Lane, a two-time UAB graduate who

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Kennedy signs new 6-yr deal at UAB

It was a monumental day on Friday for the UAB men’s basketball program as the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees approved a contract extension for head coach Andy Kennedy along with the final stage of the new men’s and women’s basketball practice facility. “I’d like to thank our Board of Trustees for their continued

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UAB Basketball Staff Update

UAB head men’s basketball coach Andy Kennedy has announced the additions of Philip Pearson, Ryan Cross and Sidney Ball to his staff. Pearson and Cross will be assistant coaches while Ball will serve as Director of Basketball Operations. Pearson, who brings over 20 years of coaching experience working with multiple Division I programs, comes to UAB

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OFFICIAL: Kennedy named Head Basketball Coach at UAB

Andy Kennedy has been named the seventh head coach of the University of Alabama at Birmingham men’s basketball program, Director of Athletics Mark Ingram announced Friday. Pending approval by the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees, Kennedy will return to his alma mater where he is the second leading scorer in program history. A

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