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16<br />
IOWA FOOTBALL<br />
2016 MEDIA GUIDE<br />
Bobby Kennedy<br />
Wide Receivers Coach<br />
Fourth Year at Iowa<br />
Recruits Dallas, Texas, Colorado and<br />
Kansas City area<br />
Bobby Kennedy is in his fourth year as wide<br />
receivers coach at the University of Iowa.<br />
Kennedy joined the Iowa <strong>program</strong> with 22<br />
years of experience as a college coach. He<br />
served as wide receivers coach at the University<br />
of Colorado in 2011 and 2012.<br />
The Hawkeyes posted a perfect 12-0 regular season record in<br />
2015, winning the West Division of the Big Ten Conference. Iowa<br />
participated in the 2016 Rose Bowl following a last-minute loss to<br />
Michigan State (16-13) in the Big Ten championship game and ended<br />
the season in the top 10 in the national rankings.<br />
Iowa has participated in January bowl games the past three<br />
seasons, including the 2014 Outback Bowl, the 2015 TaxSlayer Bowl<br />
and the 2016 Rose Bowl. The Hawkeyes have ranked in the final top<br />
10 of both major polls five times in the past 14 seasons.<br />
Iowa’s offense in 2015 averaged 30.9 points and 386.1 yards<br />
total offense, including 181.7 rushing and 204.4 passing yards<br />
per game. Iowa ranked in the top 25 nationally in fourth down<br />
conversions, fewest penalties and fewest turnovers. Wide receiver<br />
Matt VandeBerg led Iowa’s receivers with 65 receptions for 703<br />
yards and four touchdowns. His 65 catches rank third best in a<br />
single season at Iowa. Senior Tevaun Smith recorded 32 catches<br />
for 563 yards and three touchdowns, ending his career ranked<br />
13th in career receiving yards (1,500).<br />
Iowa averaged just over 400 yards total offense per game in 2014,<br />
including 237 passing yards per contest. That total ranks ninth<br />
best for a single season at Iowa. Iowa’s total offense averaged over<br />
400 yards per game for the first time since 2005. Senior Kevonte<br />
Martin-Manley became Iowa’s career leader in pass receptions (174).<br />
Both Martin-Manley and senior Damond Powell signed free agent<br />
contracts immediately following the 2015 NFL Draft.<br />
In his first year with the Hawkeyes, Kennedy assisted with an Iowa<br />
offense that averaged 377 yards total offense per game, including 197<br />
passing yards per outing. Iowa registered eight wins, including five in<br />
the Big Ten to tie for second in the Legends Division. Iowa earned an<br />
invitation to the 2014 Outback Bowl.<br />
Kennedy has coached four players to All-America honors, while<br />
nine of his players have earned first team all-conference recognition.<br />
He has coached in 15 bowl games, including four BCS games (two BCS<br />
championship games, two Rose Bowls and one Fiesta Bowl). In his<br />
first season at Colorado, he helped mold senior Toney Clemons into<br />
one of the nation’s top receivers. Clemons was selected by Pittsburgh<br />
in the 2012 NFL Draft.<br />
Kennedy joined the Colorado staff from the University of Texas,<br />
where he spent seven seasons (2004-10) as wide receivers coach,<br />
the last six as the assistant recruiting coordinator. In his time at<br />
Texas, Kennedy coached in two BCS National Championship games,<br />
the 2005 Rose Bowl victory over USC when the Longhorns won the<br />
national championship, and in 2009 against Alabama.<br />
Kennedy’s first season in Austin came immediately after the<br />
Longhorns had lost three wide receivers to the National Football<br />
League. He proceeded to build a receiver corps that included<br />
three Biletnikoff Award candidates, including two semifinalists<br />
and one finalist. In 2008, Jordan Shipley and Quan Crosby both<br />
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ASSISTANT COACH - BOBBY KENNEDY<br />
surpassed 85 receptions and 1,000 yards, becoming the 11th duo<br />
in NCAA history to each surpass 1,000 yards. In 2009, Shipley was<br />
a consensus All-American, setting Texas records for catches (116)<br />
and receiving yards (1,485), while matching the school record for<br />
receiving touchdowns (13).<br />
His receivers amassed 142 catches in 2005, helping the Longhorns<br />
to the third-best single-season passing mark in school history. With<br />
the emergence of Colt McCoy at quarterback in 2006, the receivers<br />
increased those totals to 158 receptions for 2,180 yards and 25<br />
touchdowns. In 2007, the receivers caught 187 passes for 2,275 yards<br />
and 18 touchdowns before the emergence of Cosby and Shipley.<br />
Shipley earned All-America honors in two seasons. Kennedy also<br />
coached five receivers to seven All-Big 12 honors in seven years.<br />
Kennedy joined the Texas <strong>program</strong> from Washington, where he<br />
tutored wide receiver Reggie Williams to two All-America campaigns<br />
before he became the No. 9 overall pick in the 2004 NFL Draft. Williams<br />
set UW’s single season mark for receptions (94) and receiving yards<br />
(1,454) in 2002. The following season he was fourth in the NCAA in<br />
receptions (7.4 per game) and 16th in yardage (92.4). He finished his<br />
career as Washington’s all-time leading receiver with 238 receptions<br />
and 3,536 yards.<br />
He coached running backs at Arizona in 2001, where he coached<br />
sophomore Clarence Farmer to first-team All-Pac 10 honors. Farmer<br />
led the league in rushing (111.7 yards per game), a mark that ranked<br />
21st nationally.<br />
Prior to Arizona, Kennedy had a six-year tenure at Wake Forest,<br />
coaching the Demon Deacon running backs in 1999-2000 after four<br />
years (1995-98) as receivers coach. He mentored Desmond Clark,<br />
the ACC’s leading receiver, and Jammie Deese, who was second in<br />
the ACC in receiving, in 1998. After moving to the running backs<br />
spot, he coached Morgan Kane, who rushed for 1,161 yards and 10<br />
touchdowns in 1999 while becoming the third leading rusher in<br />
school history.<br />
Kennedy’s first full time coaching position came at Wyoming, where<br />
he coached the wide receivers in 1993-94. He coached two extremely<br />
talented receivers while in Laramie in Ryan Yarborough, who was<br />
second in the NCAA in receptions in 1993, and Marcus Harris, who<br />
led the nation in receiving yards in 1994. Both Harris and Yarborough<br />
earned All-America honors.<br />
Kennedy began his coaching career in the Big Ten Conference with<br />
two graduate assistant positions. He coached at Illinois in 1990 and<br />
1991 and at Penn State in 1992. At Penn State, he worked with the<br />
tight ends and coached two future All-Americans in Troy Drayton and<br />
Kyle Brady.<br />
He earned his degree in Political Science in 1989 from the University<br />
of Northern Colorado, after lettering at quarterback for four seasons<br />
(1985-88). He began his coaching career at Boulder High School, his<br />
alma mater, where he lettered in football and track.<br />
Kennedy was born Dec. 13, 1966, in Denver, before growing up in<br />
Boulder. He is married to the former LaShonda Lawrence.<br />
Kennedy’s Coaching Career<br />
Team<br />
Position, Years<br />
Iowa____________________________WR, 2013-present<br />
Colorado_________________________WR, 2011-12<br />
Texas____________________________WR, 2004-10<br />
Washington______________________WR, 2002-03<br />
Arizona__________________________RB, 2001<br />
Wake Forest______________________RB, 1999-2000<br />
Wake Forest______________________WR, 1995-98<br />
Wyoming________________________WR, 1993-94<br />
Penn State________________________GA, 1992<br />
Illinois___________________________GA, 1990-91
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