Having compiled 220 wins over his career that began in 1998, Rusty Kennedy has been named the next Western New Mexico University Head Women’s Basketball Coach as announced by Athletic Director Mark Coleman.

Kennedy comes from Our Lady of the Lake University located in San Antonio, Tex., where he took a team that went 17-15 in 2009-10, to a 20-9 mark in 2010-11 and a 26-8 record last season in which the team claimed the RRAC Tournament Championship and made it into the NAIA National Tournament. During the season, they finished on top of the RRAC in five statistical categories including scoring, steals, turnover margin and finished second in six more. Nationally, they were in the top-ten in 14 different categories including second in the nation in points per game. In his first season in 2010-11, they led the RRAC in five categories once again including scoring, offensive rebounds, steals, three-pointers made and turnover margin. They ranked in the top-ten nationally in six categories.

Before arriving at Our Lady of the Lake, he coached three seasons at Clarendon going 50-30, which was his second turn through with Clarendon having coached for two seasons (2003-05). In his last season at Clarendon in 2009-10 the team posted their best record of 18-12 and made the Regional Tournament.

He began his career at Oklahoma Wesleyan as an assistant men’s basketball coach and after spending one year as the head men’s coach at Central Baptist, he spent the 2000-01 season as both the assistant women’s and men’s coach at Bacone before moving over to being a head women’s coach in 2001-02 at Bacone.

In his 11 seasons as a head women’s basketball coach at both the NAIA and NJCAA level, he collected eight winning seasons and of those he reached 20-plus wins five times and has a 125-86 record as a women’s head coach. Overall at all levels he brings a 220-149 record.