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Graham Kennett

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Career Record
Years: 8
Record: 45-83-8 (.360)
Coaching Honors and Awards
Skyline Co-Coach of the Year
2021
All-Conference Selections
Skyline: 9
MAC Freedom: 4
Graham Kennett finished his ninth season as head women's soccer coach at Manhattanville and 12th season overall with the program in 2022.

Kennett led the Valiants to the postseason for a third consecutive season in 2022 as the Valiants went 7-10-2 on the year, going 6-3-2 in Skyline play. The fifth-seeded Valiants would knock off the No. 4 Golden Eagles of Saint Joseph's Long Island in the opening round of the tournament, 2-1, advancing to the semifinals for the second straight year.

The 2021 campaign was the Valiants' best under Kennett, as Manhattanville finished second in the Skyline Conference standings with an 8-1-1 conference record, finishing the year 10-4-2 overall. Kennett was selected as the conference's Co-Coach of the Year following his tremendous job on the Valiant sideline, leading Manhattanville to a second-consecutive postseason appearance. Manhattanville began Skyline play 5-0-1, not allowing a single goal in the first six conference matches. As the No. 2 seed, the Valiants recieved an automatic berth into the Skyline Championship semifinals. The Valiants had six student-athletes named to All-Conference teams, with Kelly Barrera, Jennifer Xiong, Brigid Sullivan, Caitlin Ward and Alexa Pyatsky all selected to the Skyline All-Conference First Team and Natalie Aracena named to the conference Second Team. 

The 2019 marked the Valiants return to both the Skyline Conference and the conference tournament, as Kennett guided the Valiants to double-digit wins, and their first winning season, since 2009. Kennett helped Manhattanville to 11 victories, including a 7-3 mark in Skyline play, en route to a runner-up finish in the Skyline Tournament championship game. Kennett's squad finished with single-season program records in goals (71), assists (55) and points (197). Additionally, three of his players garnered all-conference honors from the Skyline in first teamers junior Ashley Pacheco and freshman Natalie Aracena and junior Natalie Pelaez on the second team.

Manhattanville posted a 4-11-1 record in Kennett's third season of 2016, again showing positive signs toward future success. Eight of the team's matches were decided by one goal or less during the season, including a 1-0 (OT) Senior Day win over Delaware Valley. Senior Dolores Diemicke and sophomore Joanna Karp were honored after the season with All-MAC Freedom honorable mention recognition, with Diemicke earning All-Conference laurels for the third straight year.

Following four seasons an an assistant coach with the Valiants, Kennett took the reins of the program less than two weeks before the start of the 2014 season. He guided Manhattanville to a 2-15-1 record despite inheriting a small roster and seeing multiple key players miss time due to injury throughout the year. Under his watch, Diemicke was named to the All-Freedom Conference second team.

Kennett previously spent more than a decade coaching soccer at Byram Hills High School, serving as an assistant with the varsity boys’ team while also serving as head coach of the varsity girls’ team from 2002-05. On the boys’ side, he helped the team to its first-ever New York State championship in 2007 and a 98-8-5 record over a five-year span that included five league titles, four section titles and three state final four appearances. In 2010, Kennett was named the National High School Assistant Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Kennett earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom, while earning an executive MBA from Columbia University and a master’s in physical education and coaching from Ball State University.

 
Overall Conf.
Year W L T W L T Postseason
2014 2 15 1 0 6 1
2015 5 10 1 1 5 1
2016 4 11 1 1 6 0
2017 3 10 1 0 7 0
2018 3 13 0 0 7 0
2019 11 10 0 7 3 0 Skyline (finals)
2020 0 0 0 0 0 0 Season Canceled Due to COVID-19 Pandemic
2021 10 4 2 8 1 1 Skyline (semifinals)
2022 7 10 2 6 3 2 Skyline (semifinals)
Career 45 83 8 23 38 5






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