Utah State University Athletics

Jeanne (French origin – pronounced like genre without the 're') Kenney is in her first season as an assistant coach for Utah State women's basketball. 

Kenney has been the head coach of her high school alma mater, St. Michael (Baton Rouge, La.) the past four seasons (2017-20), where she earned District 6-4A Coach of the Year honors in both 2017 and 2018. Kenney led St. Michael HS to its first-ever 20-win season this past year. Before earning the head coaching role, Kenney was an assistant coach at St. Michael in the 2015-16 season. Kenney started her coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at UCLA in the 2014-15 season as the Bruins finished with a 19-18 overall record.

Kenney, who graduated from LSU with a degree in kinesiology in 2014, was a point guard for the Tigers for four seasons as she played in 129 career games with 85 starts. She finished 10th all-time in assists at LSU with 372 and made 137 career 3-pointers to rank seven in program history. Kenney played high school basketball at St. Michael HS, where she was rated the No. 31 overall player by ESPN Hoopgurlz.com. Kenney also earned her master's degree in coach and athletic administration and exercise sports science from Concordia University Irvine in 2015.