Sean Drennan has been named the new head men’s basketball coach at Kean University after a four-year tenure at Bergen Community College (BCC) in Paramus. As the Cougars enter their 75th season of men’s basketball at Kean, Drennan becomes just the 17th head coach in the program’s history.

Over the past four seasons at BCC, Drennan compiled an 88-32 record and captured three-straight Garden State Athletic Conference North Championships at the two-year school. In addition, Drennan guided the Bulldogs to a Top-10 Division III ranking in the National Junior College Athletic Association in each of the last three seasons, while also breaking the school record for wins in both 2004 (25) and 2006 (28). Drennan has coached 11 all-region players in his four seasons, including a pair of All-Americans in 2006.

“I am thrilled about the opportunity to take the step up from the junior college level,” said Drennan, who at 32 becomes the second-youngest head coach in the NJAC, a year older than Rutgers-Camden coach Brian Wischusen. “I will work hard to carryover the success I had over the last four seasons as a head coach.”

Drennan returns to the NJAC after serving as an assistant coach at Ramapo College for three seasons, from 1999 through 2002. During his time with the Roadrunners, Drennan served as the primary scouting coach while helping guide the team to the Eastern College Athletic Conference Metro Region Championship in 2002.

“Having coached in the NJAC as an assistant, I know how competitive the conference is each and every night,” said Drennan. “Some of the best players and most respected coaches in the country are in the NJAC. Every game is a battle and it will be exciting to coach in that type of atmosphere.”

Kean Director of Athletics Glenn Hedden welcomed Drennan to his new professional address at Harwood Arena. “We are confident, under Sean's guidance, that the men's basketball program will become a perennial power in the NJAC,” said Hedden. “Sean has been around basketball all his life, and has proven himself as a coach, both as an assistant in the NJAC and as the head coach at Bergen Community College.”

A Health, Physical and Driver Education teacher at Snyder High School in Jersey City, Drennan earned a Bachelor of Science degree in physical and health education from Montclair State University in 1997. He is currently attending the Management in Education Leadership Program at New Jersey City University.