James Frank Kenly, Jr. was an American engineer and college football

College football

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 coach. He coached the Maryland Agricultural College

University of Maryland, College Park

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 (now the University of Maryland) in 1898, where he amassed a 2–5–1 record.

Biography

Kenly was born in Harford County

Harford County, Maryland

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 near Level, Maryland on April 18, 1877. He enrolled at the Maryland Agricultural College in 1895, and played on the football team

Maryland Terrapins football

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 from 1896 to 1898 as a quarterback

Quarterback

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. In 1898, he served as the team's head coach and captain, and Maryland amassed a 2–5–1 record. After the season, the Reveille yearbook wrote, "Manager McCandlish and Captain Kenly worked faithfully with the material they had, but the team was deficient in weight as compared with the others of the league." He graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1899 with a degree in mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

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. Kenly worked for the Port Chester Bolt and Nut Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works

Baldwin Locomotive Works

The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of...

, York Safe and Lock Company, H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc., American Bridge Company

American Bridge Company

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, Pennsylvania Steel Company, and the Carnegie Steel Company

Carnegie Steel Company

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Head coaching record

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