In his 33-year dynasty, he coached his teams to 7 NCAA championships and to a remarkable 31 consecutive Pac-10 Conference titles.

He played basketball and football for Fresno High School, and though never on the swim team, he did dive competitively.

Susan Pedersen was an American gold medalist Kenney coached while at Phillips 66.

[6][2][7][8][9] Kenney was unusual in that he never swam competitively, but was mentored by some exceptional head coaches in his early career, and went to numerous clinics and talks to learn his craft.

[10][6] On March 9, 2007, Kenney was suspended indefinitely, with pay, by Stanford after admitting to removing entries for records set by five swimmers (Jason Plummer, Michael McLean, Tobias Oriwol, Rick Eddy, Peter Carothers) that he had disagreements with from the Stanford swimming team's media guide.

[11] On April 20, 2007, Stanford announced that Kenney would serve a 60-day suspension without pay and then return to his position as head coach.