Entering his thirdseason, Doug Lennox joined the Kenyon staff in the summer of 2014 as an assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s swimming teams. He joined the Lords and Ladies after spending the 2013-14 season as an assistant coach at New York University.
Lennox, a 2009 graduate of Princeton University, possesses extensive experience in the pool. A four-year member of the Tigers program, he collected five All-America certificates, was a seven-time Ivy League award-winner, and set ten Princeton records. He helped lead the Tigers to three team conference championships and was named a team captain his senior season.
During his collegiate career, Lennox also swam in international waters, competing for Puerto Rico’s national team. He participated in the 2006 Central American Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, and the 2009 Rome World Championship. During that run, Lennox set national records in the 100-meter butterfly and the 200-meter freestyle. He also logged 23 national championship event titles.
Lennox joined the Teach for America program in 2010 and was stationed in Brooklyn, New York. While in New York, he also kick-started his coaching career and earned a master’s degree from Teacher University at Hunter College. In 2009, he began to volunteer his time with the New York Athletic Club and 2012 he was hired as an assistant coach at Asphalt Green Unified Aquatics.
