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blank Jen Kennedy Croft
On Jan. 12, 2001, Jen Kennedy Croft was named the second head soccer coach at Utah State since the inception of the program in 1996. Croft was an assistant at Utah State for two seasons under Stacy Enos, and has 12 years of collegiate coaching experience. Prior to arriving at USU, she served as an assistant at Connecticut (1989), Maine (1990-91), Princeton (1991), Rhode Island (1992) and Arkansas (1992-93). Croft was the head coach at Seattle University from 1994-96 before joining the Utah State staff in 1999. At Seattle, she guided the program to a 34-19-7 record in three years while leading the team to three NAIA Regional Tournament appearances. In three years at the helm, Croft’s teams were 8-5-6 in her inaugural season, 9-11-1 in her second year and 17-3-0 in her final campaign. In 2001, her first season as head coach at Utah State, she guided the Aggies to a 6-11-1 record, their second-best year in the program’s six seasons. Additionally, USU handed then-undefeated Big West champion Cal State Fullerton its only conference loss on the season. As a player at Connecticut from 1984-77, Croft earned four letters as a defender and was named the team’s Most Valuable Player in 1987. Croft graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1988 with a B.A. in English. She is married to Utah State assistant track coach Stan Croft. The couple has one child, Sarah (2). Kennedy Croft Year-by-Year As an assistant coach: Record 1989 Connecticut 14-3-2 1990 Maine 6-9-0 1991 Princeton 5-10-0 1992 Rhode Island 7-7-1 1993 Arkansas 8-9-0 1999 Utah State 8-9-0 2000 Utah State 5-12-0 Total 55-60-3 (.479) |
