During his time as Little Rock men's basketball coach from 1979 to 1984, Coach Kestenbaum won two regular season TAAC Championships in 1981-82 and the following season in 1982-83. Coach Kestenbaum also won the 1982 Trans American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. Coach Kestenbaum compiled a stellar 85-52 record for UA Little Rock after just having moved to Division I.