Tulane names Cody Kennedy offensive line coach

Kennedy arrives in New Orleans after spending the 2018 season at Georgia

NEW ORLEANS – An up-and-comer who just finished a season with one of the nation’s top 10 teams, Cody Kennedy has been named Tulane’s new offensive line coach Friday, Coach Willie Fritz announced.

Kennedy spent the last year as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Georgia where he helped the Bulldogs earn finalist honors for the Joe Moore Award that is given annually to the nation’s top offensive line. Before his time with Georgia, he was the offensive line coach at the University of West Georgia for two seasons.

“I’m extremely excited to start working for a guy like Coach Fritz who has had success at multiple schools,” Kennedy said. “He’s been able to build a winning culture everywhere he has been, so it’s awesome to be a part of that. You can see the foundation he has laid down at Tulane, and I cannot wait to get to work.”

During the 2018 season at Georgia, Kennedy helped coach the Bulldogs’ offensive line and was a big part of the team placing seventh in the final AP poll of the season. Georgia’s offensive line produced the 16th-best rushing offense in the country that averaged 238.8 yards per game on the ground. The rushing duo of D’Andre Swift and Elijah Holyfield each eclipsed 1,000 yards on the season behind the coaching of Kennedy.

The Georgia offensive line also allowed just 1.4 sacks per game, a number that put them 24th in the country, and quarterback Jake Fromm finished the year fifth in the country in passing efficiency behind the Bulldogs’ front five.

Kennedy has previous experience working under Tulane offensive coordinator Will Hall, as he served as Hall’s offensive line coach in 2016 while Hall was the head coach at West Georgia. Kennedy also stayed on as the offensive line coach of the Wolves in 2017.

In 2017, two of Kennedy’s West Georgia linemen earn All-America notice in center Harley Vaughan and tackle Austin Kastl. Quentin Stanford and Amanii Brown were also played on the All-Gulf South Conference Team.

His line helped the Wolves finish in the top 50 out of the 168 Division II schools in the country in rushing offense, completion percentage, first downs and passing efficiency as the team ended the year with a 9-4 record.

In 2015, Kennedy was the offensive line coach at the University of North Carolina-Pembroke. He was a graduate assistant in West Georgia in 2014, coming to the university with Hall. He was a graduate assistant at West Alabama for the two years prior to that.

Kennedy earned his bachelor’s degree in physical education from Southeastern Louisiana in 2012 and a master’s degree in physical education from West Alabama in 2014.

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