Larry Kennan has been head football coach at the University of the Incarnate Word for only two months, but his steady leadership already has invigorated a program that was shaken when Mike Santiago resigned with three games left in the 2011 season. The C

Reagan High School student Matt McCarthy, center, signs a letter of intent to attend Incarnate Word, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, at Reagan High School in San Antonio. Analysis: Larry Kennan wanted to bring in players who could make an immediate impact and r

SAN ANTONIO - Hold onto your seat! It's time for the IPAC Ram Tailgate Talk. Let's talk some football with the new man in charge. The Incarnate Word Cardinals hired 67-year-old Larry Kennan a month ago, and I tell you what - they are lucky to have him. K

Larry Kennan, who won a Super Bowl ring as a Los Angeles Raiders assistant coach, was out of full-time coaching for 14 years before an opportunity to return to his passion came along that he couldn't pass up. Kennan hasn't worked in Texas since he was he

When newly hired Incarnate Word football coach Larry Kennan left coaching in 1998 to help establish the NFL Coaches Association, he figured it was only a matter of time before he took another full-time coaching job. But Kennan, who was introduced as the

Larry Kennan announced his comeback to the coaching profession on Friday, perhaps fittingly, in a news conference held only a few spiral passes away from a place where one of his teams staged a rally a little more than 20 years ago. As it turned out, the