Sean Kenney - Director of Scouting - Football Support Staff

Sean Kenney

Title:
Director of Scouting

Sean Kenney enters his fourth season on the Texas Tech personnel staff and his third in the role of Director of Scouting where he assists general manager James Blanchard in identifying prospective student-athletes.

Kenney arrived at Texas Tech in January 2022 as Blanchard and head coach Joey McGuire were turning their focus directly on the 2023 class. Since then, Texas Tech has signed two top-25 classes and the nation’s top transfer portal class this past offseason, upgrading the talent level for the Red Raiders in quick order. Texas Tech’s 2023 and 2024 classes both ranked as high as No. 23 nationally thanks to a focus on identifying and landing the top prospects in the state of Texas. It marked the first top-25 class for the Red Raiders in more than a decade.

Prior to joining the Texas Tech staff, Kenney was a recruiting specialist for the Alabama football program where he assisted in all areas of the Crimson Tide’s personnel operation. As part of his duties, Kenney assisted with on-campus visits for future student-athletes and was also responsible for creating travel plans for coaches and team personnel, updating the Alabama recruiting database and preparing scouting reports.

Alabama regularly signed a top-five recruiting class throughout Kenney’s tenure in Tuscaloosa as the Crimson Tide went on to win two College Football Playoff National Championships during that span as well as four SEC titles. The Crimson Tide appeared in the College Football Playoff in all but one of Kenney’s six seasons on staff.

In addition to his time at Alabama, Kenney also attended the prestigious Phil Savage Scout School in 2019, one of the top clinics in the country for prospective college and professional scouts. The school, which focuses on learning NFL team rating scales and recruiting best practices, is led by Savage, a longtime NFL executive and general manager.

Kenney earned his bachelor’s degree from Alabama in commerce and business administration in 2020 and then his master’s in hospitality management with a concentration in sports hospitality in 2021.