Background
He was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.
He was born in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Kennedy had played minor-league hockey in North America, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany and Austria before moving to coaching. His last position was coaching for Innsbruck of the Austrian Hockey League. His coaching career included:
Medicine Hat Tigers (Western Hockey League)
New York Islanders assistant coach
European Commission Hannover, Eisbären Berlin and European Research Council Ingolstadt (Deutsche Eishockey Liga)
Head coach of the Austrian national team (1996–2002)
Villach, Austria (second time)
Innsbruck (Austria) and Bolzano (Italy)
Canadian national team coach for the 2006 Deutschland Cup
Ron Kennedy resigned after his December 2008 diagnosis of brain cancer, from which he died, aged 56, in Klagenfurt, Austria.