Xavier Kennedy

Biography

Xavier Kennedy joins the Memphis Tigers after coaching at Brewton-Parker College from 2021-2023. In Kennedy’s first season as an assistant coach, he oversaw the sprints, jumps and hurdles event groups at BPC before being promoted to head coach, in June 2022. In the first season at BPC, Kennedy helped lead the program to its first conference title in the history of the program. The men’s program was crowned Indoor Southern States Athletic Conference Champions, which was also the inaugural indoor championship for the conference. Kennedy also helped coach Brandon Schultz, who broke the NAIA National Record in the indoor 60-meter hurdles in 7.80 seconds, as he became back-to-back NAIA 60-meter hurdle National Champion. During his time at BPC, Kennedy coached nine NAIA National Qualifiers, a pair of NAIA-All Americans and a dozen SSAC Conference Champions. Kennedy was also a part of the program's success that had (66) all-conference athletes, (1) Freshman All-Conference Cross Country athlete, (11) academic all-conference cross country athletes and (6) academic all-conference track & field athletes. He helped coach athletes to 51 school-record breaking performances during his time coaching at BPC. Kennedy got his start in coaching with the Southeast Striders Track & Field Club for six seasons in Conyers, Ga. Kennedy has pursued many facets of track and field as he was a DI long and triple jumper at Troy University, an NCSA Track and Field evaluator and a GATFXCCA Clinician in 2023.