Joseph Kenney served on the faculty of LaSalle High School from 1963-1965 as science teacher and coach. He was the first boys’ varsity baseball and basketball coach, as well as the first athletic director at LaSalle. He was a member of the LaSalle Board of Education from 1968-1973, serving as president 1970-1973. Joe, a World War II veteran, earned a BS degree in 1949 and a MS degree in 1950 from the U of IA.Joe and his wife, Mary Jane, are the parents of five children: Patrick Kenney (LS74), Catherine Welch (LS76), Michael Kenney, Rita Kenney-McEowen (LS80) and Joseph Kenney (LS82). Joe retired in 1998 after twnety-one years with the Cedar Rapids Community Schools. His career includes forty-eight years as a high school science teacher, forty-seven years as a high school baseball coach with 753 career wins, and forty-seven years as a high school basketball coach with 450 career wins. His awards include Iowa High School Baseball Hall of Fame, Jefferson High School Hall of Fame, Metro Baseball Coach of the Year, and Mississippi Valley Conference Baseball Coach of the Year.