Coach Kimbrook Tennal and Coach Kim Tennal BECAME SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THEIR EFFICIENT PRACTICES AND HARD WORK!
COACH KIMBROOK TENNAL (aka COACH 10l)
AND COACH KIM TENNAL
MEET THE COACH TENNALS
Coach Kimbrook Tennal
Counting youth, junior high, and high school, my teams won around 3,000 contests in football, basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, and track and field. There were years where my A,B,C,and D teams all finished the season undefeated. Also, one year all four of our track teams finished as league champions in the league track meet…7th boys, 8th boys, 7th girls, and 8th girls. Not easy to do in a league with 9 teams. If you drill skills and work hard every second of every practice, it won’t be long before the other communities will be saying that your teams have all the talent.
by Coach 10L
Coach Kimbrook Tennal Coaching Career Resume
Volleyball Coaching Experience and Accomplishments
- 28 years coaching high school volleyball as either head or assistant, 26 trips to State, 15 State titles, 6 State runner-ups, 4 thirds. Over 950 wins in that time including 8 undefeated teams and winning streaks of 137, 126, 78, and 76 straight matches.
- 16 year stretch with 8 undefeated teams, 14 State titles, winning streaks of 137, 126, 78, and 76 straight matches and a record during that stretch of 611 wins and 14 losses.
- 8 year stretch at Nemaha Valley with a record of 298-3 with 6 State titles, one second and one third, 24 consecutive regular season tournament victories during those 8 years with a regular season winning streak of 253 consecutive wins
- Least number of wins in any season as head coach was 35 which was in the first year
- Also coached junior high for 18 years with 11 undefeated seasons and a record of 171-9
Basketball Coaching Experience and Accomplishments
- Head High School for 14 years with three state titles, 2 state runner-ups and 2 thirds in 8 trips to state. Twin Valley League winning streak of 76 straight games, winning streak of 51 straight games
- Overall record of 307 wins and 48 loses, won seven Twin Valley League titles in 10 years including 6 consecutive undefeated championships, won 6 TVL tournament titles, set 3A State record for points in one State game, for points scored in a tournament, and points by two teams in a State game, set State record in 1A for points by two teams in the finals.
- Head junior high basketball: 23 years with 11 undefeated seasons, 258-42 record
- Head freshmen basketball: 8 years 85-18 record, 2 undefeated seasons
- Total basketball wins = 650
FOOTBALL:
Junior High head 2 years, junior varsity coach 3 years, high school assistant 2 years, freshmen coach 2 years, junior high assistant 12 years, 4 undefeated seasons as head freshman and head junior varsity coach, 38-5 record calling plays and defenses for freshmen, junior high and head junior varsity.
TRACK:
Junior High head coach for 33 years, High School assistant 15 years, won at least 15 Oregon Trail League championships in JH track, coached 3 State pole vault champions and 3 State discus champions
WRESTLING:
Five years, coached a 3 time State Champion
SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE HALL OF FAME
OCTOBER 11, 2019 IN WINFIELD, KS
Kimbrook Tennal participated in football and track and field while at Southwestern College. He played fullback and defensive end and became a letter winner. He also threw javelin in track and field and was the KCAC champion in that event during his junior year. Since graduating from SC, Tennal has enjoyed much success in his 40 years of teaching and coaching. While at Centralia High School, he has coached volleyball, basketball, and track and field. His volleyball teams have claimed 11 state titles while racking up an unprecedented 137-match winning streak, a Kansas State Volleyball record. His basketball teams have three state titles, two state basketball runner-up finishes, and qualified for State eight times over a 14-year period. His career record as a volleyball coach is 791-49 (.942%) and 307-48 (.865%) for basketball. Between him and his wife, Kim, they have a combined coaching record of 1.886-242 (.886%) and have claimed 20 State Volleyball titles. Kim and Kimbrook Tennal now reside in Urbandale, Iowa.
TOGETHER WE WERE ALMOST UNBEATABLE!!!!!
Our Kansas State High School Activities Association Gallery of Championships from Centralia! —–>>>>
Kim Tennal became a high school volleyball coach after graduating from Southwestern College in 1976. Her career coaching record is 788-145 while at Centralia High School, Elmwood-Murdock High School, and Dawson-Verdon High School, and includes nine Kansas State Volleyball titles (eight consecutive from 1997-2004), seven runner-up finishes, and three undefeated seasons. She is a four-time Kansas 1-A Coach of the Year, 1999 Kansas Volleyball Coach of the Year, 2000 Women’s Sports Foundation National Coach of the Year, and in 2014, Tennal was inducted into the Kansas Volleyball Association Hall of Fame.
https://www.sckans.edu/other/general/news/view/2133/?new-inductees-to-enter-sc-athletic-hall-of-fame
Nemaha valley / Seneca KSHSAA gallery of state champions from the Coach 10L years
Coach Kim W. Tennal
VOLLEYBALL COACHING STATISTICS
- 31 years as Head HS Volleyball Coach
- 2 years as an HS assistant
- JH coach 16 years as head or practice coach
- 788 – 145 career record (84.5%) in high school volleyball
- Coached at 4 different high schools and took teams to state in all four schools
- 25 State appearances (2 as an assistant)
- State Champions – 9 years
- 8 straight State Championships (current state record) 1994-2004
- During that 8 year period a 311-11 record (96.6% winning percentage)
- 8 straight State Championships (current state record) 1994-2004
- 3rd place – 2 years (one as an assistant coach)
- State Champions – 9 years
- 19 year coaching record at Centralia – 582-47 (92.5% winning percentage)
- Winning streak of 126 matches at Centralia
- Three undefeated seasons (1997, 1999, 2000)
