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California Polytechnic State Univ

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 Mott Gym - 1 Grand Avenue San Luis Obisp, CA 93407
Division 1 California Southwest
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Oige Kennedy

Oige Kennedy, who helped direct Stanford to NCAA Tournament College Cup championships in 2016 and 2017, four Pac-12 Conference titles in seven years with the Cardinal and led Division II Fort Lewis College to two NCAA Tournament national championships as head coach, begins his first season as Cal Poly head coach in 2023.


“I’d like to thank (Cal Poly director of athletics) Don Oberhelman and (president) Jeffrey Armstrong for providing this opportunity to my family and I,” said Kennedy (first name pronounced “O-gee”), named Cal Poly head coach on Dec. 9, 2022. “It’s truly an honor to become the leader of this program and represent this unique university. From my first conversations with Don, it was easy to sense his energy and enthusiasm for Cal Poly and the wonderful community that exists in San Luis Obispo. It’s something that we’re truly excited to be a part of.”


In seven seasons with Stanford – two as assistant coach (2016-17) and five as associate head coach (2018-22) – Kennedy helped the Cardinal reach three NCAA Tournament College Cups, qualify for six NCAA Tournaments and compile an 88-23-30 overall record and 45-13-14 Pac-12 mark. This fall, Stanford – with Kennedy and under head coach Jeremy Gunn – posted a 12-2-6 record, finished as Pac-12 runner-up and reached a fifth NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen since 2016.


“I’d like to say a big thank you to coach Gunn – he’s truly been the greatest mentor and friend that anyone could have asked for these past 16 years,” Kennedy said. “I’m so fortunate to have worked with the best in the business and will be forever grateful for his continued belief in me and for helping me get to this point in my coaching journey.


“I cherished deeply the last seven years at Stanford. It’s a place that is made up of the most exceptional people who have impacted my life in the most positive way,” Kennedy said. “I’ll always be indebted to every student-athlete I’ve worked with and will always take inspiration from their hard work and dedication to become a champion in life.”


Following national championships in 2016 and 2017, Stanford reached another College Cup in 2019. From 2015-18, Kennedy helped guide Stanford to an NCAA-record 14-match postseason shutout streak that eventually reached 1,428 minutes. The Cardinal also engineered a nine-match shutout streak across the regular and postseasons in 2017 and 2018, the eighth-lengthiest stretch in NCAA history.


“I’m so pleased that coach Kennedy has joined our family,” Oberhelman said. “He’s won national titles as an assistant coach, he’s won national titles as a head coach and he’s ready to lead our program to Big West Conference championships and national success.


“When talking with other coaches around the country about Oige, they talk about his skill as a coach, his relentless recruiting and his integrity and humanity as a person.”


Serving as a coach on all levels of play and leading Stanford’s recruiting efforts, Kennedy helped the Cardinal program produce 20 Major League Soccer SuperDraft selections – including two top-10 picks. His tenure at Stanford brought recruiting classes ranked among the top 10 in the nation for seven consecutive years.


Individually at Stanford, Kennedy coached four Pac-12 Player of the Year honorees, three Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year picks, two Pac-12 Freshman of the Year selections and 37 All-Pac-12 honorees.


Stanford’s 0.382 goals-against-average mark in 2017 set a Pac-12 record. The Cardinal also set a program record that season with just nine goals conceded while matching a program record of 16 shutouts.


Prior to arriving at Stanford, Kennedy produced a 102-37-9 overall record in seven seasons as head coach at Division II Fort Lewis College (Durango, Colo.). The Skyhawks won Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference regular and postseason titles in 2009 and 2011 before sweeping a pair of NCAA Tournament titles with a combined 10-0-0 mark.


Kennedy began at Fort Lewis in 2006 as an assistant to Gunn. The Skyhawks finished 21-2-1 that fall and as NCAA Tournament runners-up. With Kennedy on staff, Fort Lewis produced 33 combined victories in 2007 and 2008 while qualifying for the NCAA Tournament both years.


Named interim head coach at Fort Lewis heading into the program’s 2009 training camp, Kennedy made NCAA history later that fall by becoming the initial first-year head coach to lead a men’s soccer program to a national title. Fort Lewis started the 2009 season with two losses in the first five matches before winning 21 straight games to claim the program’s second national title. The 2009 Skyhawks outscored their opposition, 108-13, while producing 14 shutouts.


Two years later, Fort Lewis finished 24-1 and recaptured the NCAA championship – just the university’s third national title in any team sport.


In seven years as Fort Lewis head coach, Kennedy’s teams produced a 102-37-9 overall record, a 65-25-5 Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference mark and finished 12-4-2 in RMAC Tournament play. In January 2012, Kennedy was honored as the NSCAA Division II National Coach of the Year.


A native of Dublin, Ireland, Kennedy competed for four years as a professional in Europe. He spent several years playing on Ireland’s national youth teams and captained the Irish University team for two years.


Kennedy’s coaching experience also includes work with the Manchester United Soccer School and Bobby Charlton Soccer School for six years.


Kennedy earned his bachelor’s degree in sport science from University College Dublin and a computer science diploma from Dublin Institute of Technology.

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Woo Jeon

A four-time NCAA Championship participant as a forward with Division III Kenyon College, Woo Jeon is in his first year as an assistant coach with the Cal Poly men’s soccer program.


Jeon arrived at Cal Poly following a two-year stretch as an assistant with Division II MSU Denver (2021-22). During his initial 2021 season, Jeon helped MSU Denver qualify for the RMAC Tournament – its first postseason appearance in three years. Last fall, MSU Denver’s 10-6-2 overall finish marked the program’s highest victory total since 2016.


Prior to MSU Denver, Jeon spent three years as associate head coach with the Black Rock FC Residential Academy (Lake Placid, N.Y.). Helping to produce eight high school All-America selections, Jeon directed his age-group side to a No. 2 national ranking in the TopDrawerSoccer.com prep high school poll during his first year. Concurrently an associate head coach with Black Rock FC’s USL League Two squad, Jeon also lifted his youth team to a 2019/20 IMG Cup U-20 championship and a semifinal finish in the U-19 Dallas Cup.


Producer of 21 career goals and 18 assists as a standout with Kenyon College (Gambier, Ohio), Jeon helped the Lords to back-to-back NCAA Division III Championship quarterfinal appearances (2015-16) and a round of 16 showing in 2014. With Jeon starting in 53 of 86 career appearances, Kenyon recorded a combined 73-10-6 mark, finished 32-3-1 in North Coast Athletic Conference matches and captured three NCAC regular season and tournament titles.


A member of the Madison (Wisc.) 56ers (United Premier Soccer League) side that captured the 2014 U-18 Wisconsin State Cup title, Jeon also captained Madison West HS where he helped the squad to a state tournament semifinal appearance during his senior season.

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