SUNY Maritime

Career Record Years: 12 Record: 63-55 (.534)

National Appearances NCAA: 2010 ECAC: 2016 New England Series: 2017

Conference Championships ECFC: 2010

Coach of the Year AFCA District I: 1 D3football.com East: 1 ECFC: 1

All-America Selections D3football.com: 1 D3football.com Preseason: 1

All-Region Selections D3football.com: 7 ECAC North: 3

All-Conference Selections ECFC: 121

Clayton Kendrick-Holmes returns for his 14th season as the Head Coach of the Maritime football program in 2018.

Over his stint as the head coach of the Privateers, he has built the program taking the team from a startup, independent club to an established NCAA Division III, championship-level team. Kendrick-Holmes’ overall record at Maritime is 63-55 (.534) and he boasts a conference record of 39-22 (.639). He is currently 15-5 (.750) against Maritime Industry rivals; Massachusetts Maritime, Maine Maritime and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.

Under Kendrick-Holmes’ leadership the Privateer program continues to receive on-field accolades for individual and team accomplishments. In 2015, senior kicker Diogo Dietrich ’16 was named a D3football.com Preseason All-American, to go along with his 2014 All-American Third Team selection, and a pair of D3football.com All-Region Honors. Following the 2017 season, Matthew Murphy '18 earned his second consecutive All-East Region honor, while Thomas Korwan '18 also earned All-Region accolades joining Dietrich, Frank Adamo '11, Keith Barnes '13 and Brian Price '17 as regional selections. The team has also had three ECAC All-Region honorees as Korwan, Devin Kenny '18, and Kendal Parker '18 join Dietrich, Barnes and Kameron Knight ’16 as ECAC regional award winners during Kendrick-Holmes' tenure. In 2014, Assistant Coach Vincent DiGaetano was the national runner-up for AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year.
 
In addition to national and regional accolades, the program has had five individuals earn Eastern Collegiate Football Conference Player of the Year accolades, as Dietrich was a two-time Special Teams Player of the Year, while Barnes was a two-time Defensive Player of the Year. Korwan joined the ranks of individual award winners in 2017 as he was named the conference's Offensive Lineman of the Year. The team also sported 19 All-Conference representatives in 2017, bringing the program total to 121 all-time, with 40 First Team selections.

In 2017, Kendrick-Holmes also served as the team's defensive coordinator and guided the team as the 26th best defense in all of NCAA Division III, as the team allowed just 282.7 yards per game while yielding just 17.91 points per game. In addition, the team also registered the most sacks in program history with 29, while also setting a new program standard in pass breakups with 45 as well as blocked kicks with 10. He previously served as the team's offensive coordinator from 2005-09, and from 2014-15.
 
As head coach, the team has led the nation in Fewest Sacks Allowed in 2009 and 2010; and 3rd Down Conversion Percentage in 2009. The team has also finished in the Top 10 nationally in several categories; Rushing Offense (4th in 2009), 4th Down Conversion (7th in 2009), Time of Possession (2nd in 2013), Pass Efficiency (9th in 2010), Pass Defense (2nd in 2011), First Down Defense (7th in 2011), Red Zone Defense (6th in 2009). The Privateers are known for sportsmanship and respect for the game finishing fourth in the nation in Fewest Penalties in 2009, and only missed being rated outside of the Top-3 in the ECFC in this category on two occasions.
 
Notable players that Kendrick-Holmes has recruited and mentored include fullback Jaime Spanopoulos '12, who holds virtually every rushing and scoring record for the Privateers in program history. Barnes closed out his record-breaking career as the NCAA statistical leader in Solo Tackles with 8.33 per game. Dietrich holds virtually every Privateer record for kicking including the longest Field Goal in his final career game at 52 yards. Punter John Arny ’17 finished out his career in the 2016 season setting the standard for future Privateers at this position.

The football squad has also excelled off the field, known on and off campus for academic excellence and community service. In 2017, Korwan, Jacob Shinnick '18, and Garrett Stryzs '18 joined former teammates Knight, Beau Warrington ’16, Brandon Kuster ’16, and Eric Wallace '17 as members of the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society. Korwan was also the seventh player in program history awarded the SUNY Chancellor’s Scholar Athlete Award, joining Wallace in 2017, Kuster in 2016, Warrington in 2015, Dietrich in 2014, Greg McGough '11 in 2011 and Robert Johnson Jr. '10  in 2010. The 2017 season also marked the seventh season in a row the program placed a player on the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team. Six players made the 2017 ECFC All-Academic Team and there have been 28 All-ECFC Academic players over history of the league.
 
The 2011 season saw Ricky McClain ’13 named to the Allstate/AFCA Good Works Team for his efforts on the field and for his volunteer work with the Adaptive Sports Foundation teaching disabled veterans and handicapped young people how to ski and snowboard. The 2015-16 team completed over 1,000 hours of community service this past spring through supporting the Sports and Arts in Schools Foundation, dog walking at the local animal shelter, Sea-Wall Clean-up, providing spirit squad for other Privateer athletic programs and contributing to a host of other activities on and off campus.

In 2010, Maritime Football received unprecedented levels of national attention as the wins piled up and Kendrick-Holmes’ impending mobilization to serve in Afghanistan as a Naval Reservist drew near. Media outlets included the New York Times, the NBC Today Show, ESPN, CBS and many others. The team finished the regular season ranked 33rd in the national poll and ninth in the ECAC Lambert-Meadowlands D3 poll. Kendrick-Holmes received Coach of the Year honors from the American Football Coaches Association (Region 1), D3Football.com (East Region) and the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference. He was a national finalist for the Liberty Mutual Coach of The Year award and was nominated by the NFL’s New York Jets for the inaugural Don Shula Coach of The Year award. The 2010 undefeated season and berth in the national championship playoff is the crown jewel in the program’s short history.
 
The most senior coach in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference, Kendrick-Holmes was instrumental in the establishment of the conference in 2009 and, in 2010 and 2011, was the conference representative to the NCAA East Region Advisory Committee. On the national scene Kendrick-Holmes represented the East Region from 2012-2013 by serving on the National Football Championship Committee. Starting in 2011 he has served on the American Football Coaches Association Board of Coaches and is currently a voting member of the AFCA Division III Coaches’ Poll and the AFCA Region 1 All-American Committee Chair.
 
A 1992 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Kendrick-Holmes is currently a Commander in the United States Naval Reserve and has served in various positions supporting the active duty Navy over the past 18 years. During the 2011 offseason he was recalled to active duty and was stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, escorting the highest level military and civilian guests (Congressional Delegations, Ambassadors, Secretaries, and Flag Grade Officers) ensuring the appropriate safety, support and information gathering of these key decision makers throughout Regional Command-South.
 
Kendrick-Holmes came to Maritime from the Naval Academy Preparatory School (NAPS) where he coached a total of seven seasons, the last two as the Head Coach. Kendrick-Holmes led the NAPS team to a 14-6 overall record and coordinated the defense, which held opponents to less than 16 points per game. One of his biggest achievements at NAPS was increasing the graduation rate of football players by 12%.
 
Kendrick-Holmes holds a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Oceanography from the Naval Academy and was a two-time letter winner for the Midshipmen. His initial assignment after receiving a commission as an Ensign in the Navy was at NAPS where he served as a midshipman candidate mentor and defensive backs coach for the football team.
 
After the 1992 season, Kendrick-Holmes was assigned to the USS ROBERT G. BRADLEY (FFG-49) where he spent three years, serving time as the Assistant Navigator, Administration Officer, and Damage Control Assistant.
 
Upon completion of his at-sea tour, Kendrick-Holmes returned to Newport, R.I., serving as an instructor in the Damage Control curriculum at the Surface Warfare Officers School. During this three year tour, he coached at NAPS, working with the linebackers and defensive backs.
 
In 1999, Kendrick-Holmes left the active duty Navy to pursue a coaching career and was hired by The Citadel, a Division I-AA military school in Charleston, S.C. While at The Citadel, he served as the recruiting coordinator along with coaching the outside linebackers for one season and the defensive line for two seasons. In 2001, The Citadel’s defense ranked third in the Southern Conference allowing just 18 points per game.
 
A native of LaFayette, Ala., Kendrick-Holmes currently resides on the Maritime campus with his wife Johanna and son, Wills. His oldest son, Bo, is currently a Midshipman at the United States Naval Academy.

 

Year	Overall	Conference	Postseason
2017	9-2 (.818)	6-1 (.857)	New England Bowl Series
2016	6-5 (.545)	4-3 (.571)	ECAC Bowl Game
2015	5-5 (.500)	3-4 (.429)
2014	4-6 (.400)	3-4 (.429)
2013	5-5 (.500)	5-2 (.714)
2012	3-6 (.333)	2-4 (.333)
2011	8-2 (.800)	6-1 (.857)
2010	10-1 (.909)	7-0 (1.000)	NCAA Tournament ECFC Champions
2009	6-4 (.600)	3-3 (.500)
2008	4-5 (.444)
2007	2-8 (.200)
2006	2-7 (.222)
Career	63-55 (.534)	39-22 (.639)