James Frank Kenly Jr. (April 18, 1877 – February 21, 1944) was an American engineer and college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Maryland Agricultural College—now known as the University of Maryland, College Park—for one season, in 1898, compiling a record of 2–5–1.
Biography
Kenly was born in Harford County near Level, Maryland on April 18, 1877.[1][2] He enrolled at the Maryland Agricultural College in 1895,[1] and played on the football team from 1896 to 1898 as a quarterback.[3] In 1898, he served as the team's head coach and captain,[4] and Maryland amassed a 2–5–1 record.[5] After the season, the Reveille yearbook wrote, "Manager McCandlish and Captain Kenly worked faithfully with the material they had, but the team was deficient in weight as compared with the others of the league."[6] He graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1899 with a degree in mechanical engineering.[1][7] Kenly worked for the Port Chester Bolt and Nut Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, York Safe and Lock Company, H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc., American Bridge Company, Pennsylvania Steel Company, and the Carnegie Steel Company.[1]
