Men's Golf
Jennings, Kevin
Kevin Jennings
- Title:
- Head Coach
- E-Mail Address:
- jenni5k@cmich.edu
- Phone:
- (989) 774-2128
- Year at CMU:
- 3rd year at CMU
- Hometown:
- Benton Harbor, Mich.
- Alma Mater/Year:
- Mississippi Valley State
Kevin Jennings built a solid foundation for the Central Michigan men’s golf program in the 2022-23 season, the Chippewas’ first since 1985.
Jennings, named to head the resurrected program in October, 2021, led CMU to a sixth-place finish in the nine-team Mid-American Conference Championship in May, capping a successful first season during which the Chippewas showed steady improvement against a challenging schedule that took them to the likes of West Virginia, Texas, Georgia and Arizona.
The Chippewa roster comprised nine players, eight freshman and one junior-college transfer. One of those freshman, Jeffrey Andrus, was tied for first place after 36 holes at the MAC Championship before eventually tying for 10th place, a remarkable finish for a freshman representing a first-year program.
CMU competed in 11 stroke-play tournaments, recording 10 rounds of 300 or better in the 33 that it played. Individually, six CMU players posted 13 par-or-better rounds, including three 69s.
A native of Benton Harbor, Jennings coached both the men’s and women’s programs at Prairie View A&M in the five years prior to his arrival at CMU.
In 2021, he led the Panther men's program to its third consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference championship and subsequent NCAA Regional Tournament berth and an appearance in the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. He also guided the Panther women to a program-best runner-up finish in the league tournament.
During Jennings’ time at Prairie View A&M, 16 of his student-athletes earned All-SWAC honors, two earned the SWAC Freshman of the Year Award, and more than 30 were named to the SWAC Commissioner Honor Roll.
In 2018, Jennings received the Golf Coaches Association of America Mark Leasch Award, which goes to the program that shows the most improvement over the course of a given season.
Previously, Jennings served as the men’s golf coach at Arkansas Pine Bluff, as the head coach/resident center manager at Talladega (Ala.) College, and as the head men’s and women’s golf coach at Le Moyne-Owen College in Memphis.
He has also served as a volunteer assistant coach at Christian Brothers (Tenn.) University, a student assistant coach at Mississippi Valley State, and as a fulltime golf instructor in Tennessee, California and Nevada.
He holds an accounting degree from Mississippi Valley State and a degree from the Golf Academy of America. He is working toward a master’s of administration.
Jennings has also served as chairman of the SWAC golf coaches committee and is on the board of the Black College Golf Coaches Association, the advisory board for the PGA Works Championship, and is a member of the Golf Coaches Association of America, serving on that organization’s diversity council.
Jennings, named to head the resurrected program in October, 2021, led CMU to a sixth-place finish in the nine-team Mid-American Conference Championship in May, capping a successful first season during which the Chippewas showed steady improvement against a challenging schedule that took them to the likes of West Virginia, Texas, Georgia and Arizona.
The Chippewa roster comprised nine players, eight freshman and one junior-college transfer. One of those freshman, Jeffrey Andrus, was tied for first place after 36 holes at the MAC Championship before eventually tying for 10th place, a remarkable finish for a freshman representing a first-year program.
CMU competed in 11 stroke-play tournaments, recording 10 rounds of 300 or better in the 33 that it played. Individually, six CMU players posted 13 par-or-better rounds, including three 69s.
A native of Benton Harbor, Jennings coached both the men’s and women’s programs at Prairie View A&M in the five years prior to his arrival at CMU.
In 2021, he led the Panther men's program to its third consecutive Southwestern Athletic Conference championship and subsequent NCAA Regional Tournament berth and an appearance in the PGA WORKS Collegiate Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. He also guided the Panther women to a program-best runner-up finish in the league tournament.
During Jennings’ time at Prairie View A&M, 16 of his student-athletes earned All-SWAC honors, two earned the SWAC Freshman of the Year Award, and more than 30 were named to the SWAC Commissioner Honor Roll.
In 2018, Jennings received the Golf Coaches Association of America Mark Leasch Award, which goes to the program that shows the most improvement over the course of a given season.
Previously, Jennings served as the men’s golf coach at Arkansas Pine Bluff, as the head coach/resident center manager at Talladega (Ala.) College, and as the head men’s and women’s golf coach at Le Moyne-Owen College in Memphis.
He has also served as a volunteer assistant coach at Christian Brothers (Tenn.) University, a student assistant coach at Mississippi Valley State, and as a fulltime golf instructor in Tennessee, California and Nevada.
He holds an accounting degree from Mississippi Valley State and a degree from the Golf Academy of America. He is working toward a master’s of administration.
Jennings has also served as chairman of the SWAC golf coaches committee and is on the board of the Black College Golf Coaches Association, the advisory board for the PGA Works Championship, and is a member of the Golf Coaches Association of America, serving on that organization’s diversity council.
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