Kendall joins the Little Rock staff after spending two years at Eastern Carolina where he was the Assistant Track Coach primarliy in charge of mulit-events, pole vault, and high jump. During his time at ECU, Kendall helped coach one first team All-American in Sommer Knight as well as one NCAA East Region Qualifier, two AAC Conference Champions, and ten ECU top-ten All-Time Performances. He also coached one student-athlete to an ECU school record and nine student-athletes to point scorers.
Prior to his tenure at ECU, Kendall served one season as an assistant coach at Alvernia University (Pa.) where he was responsible for training the multis, pole vault, jumps and javelin.
At Alvernia, Kendall mentored four NCAA Division III Championships qualifiers, nine USFTFCCCA All-Mideast Region selections and four Middle Atlantic Conference champions. He also coached Susanna Pirollo to MAC Women's Field Event Athlete of the Year accolades. Additionally, Kendall oversaw the establishment of eight school records and nine All-MAC First Team performances. In the classroom, three of his student-athletes were named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.
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After graduating from Virginia Tech, Kendall remained at his alma mater two years from 2018-20 as a volunteer assistant coach and helped the Hokies win three ACC titles (two indoor). During that time, Virginia Tech also produced NCAA Outdoor All-American Eszter Bajnok (long jump/triple jump) and three NCAA East Preliminary qualifiers.
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As a Hokie student-athlete, Kendall competed in the high jump and was part of four ACC men's championship teams. He is No. 7 on the program's indoor high jump list.
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Kendall completed the USTFCCCA Track and Field Program Management Certification Course in July of 2020 and is USATF SafeSport certified.
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