Kevin Hennessy
Camp Director
Wingate University promoted Kevin Hennessy (’10) to head men’s and women’s swimming coach and director of aquatics in August 2023. He spent the 2022-23 season as the associate head coach for men’s and women’s swimming.
Prior to his promotion, Hennessy spent seven seasons as a WUSWIM assistant coach. He has 18 years invested with the Bulldogs as a student-athlete, alumnus and coach. Hennessy replaced veteran head coach Kirk Sanocki, who stepped away from his post in the summer of 2023.
The Kevin Hennessy (’10) file
- Helped Wingate sweep the inaugural South Atlantic Conference swimming titles in February
- The WU women finished sixth at the ’23 NCAAs, while the men claimed eighth place
- Enjoyed one of the best recent WUSWIM distance performances at NCAAs in 2022
- Coached Kate Agger (’22) to a 500 Freestyle national championship in 2022
- Agger was named Wingate’s female Athlete of the Year the same year
- Miguel Marcos (’25) was the school’s freshman male AOTY in 2022
- Jonas Soerensen (’22) received his second Academic All-America® honor in 2022
- Hennessy helped WUSWIM win three Bluegrass Mountain Conference championships during his student-athlete days
- Received CSCAA Scholar All-American individual honors as well
- Earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental biology with a psychology minor at Wingate
- Coached Coast Guard Blue Dolphins Swim Team in Virginia for six years prior to his WU return
- Married Jordan (Filchock) Hennessy in Nov. 2019; they welcomed their first child in 2022
- Son of Steve and Sandy Hennessy
- Avid New York Mets fan