Sport(s) Basketball Name J.K. Kennedy Overall 234–208 | 1949–1966 Florida State 1948–1949 asst. Florida State Role 35th U.S. President | |
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Born April 22, 1907
Lawrence, Kansas ( 1907-04-22 ) Died June 24, 1966(1966-06-24) (aged 59)
Tallahassee, Florida Spouse Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (m. 1953–1963) Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson (1961–1963) Children Caroline Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, John F. Kennedy Jr., Arabella Kennedy Siblings Robert F. Kennedy, Ted Kennedy, Rosemary Kennedy Similar People Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Caroline Kennedy, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, Robert F Kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald | ||
Jesse Kennard "Bud" Kennedy was Florida State men's basketball head coach from 1949 to 1966. He was born on April 22, 1907 in Lawrence, Kansas. His father, A. R. Kennedy, was head coach of the Kansas football team. Kennedy was an athlete at University of Kansas, Baker University, and Kansas State Teachers College. In 1948 he became the Florida State Seminoles Athletic Manager and Assistant head coach. The following year, he became the head coach. Kennedy went 234–208 in his 18 years at Florida State and won the Florida Intercollegiate Conference Championship in 1955. In 1966, on June, 26 he died of cancer. Kennedy was 59. Later in 1977 he was inducted into the Florida State University Hall of Fame.
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