Career
He served as the head football coach at Villanova College—now known as Villanova University—in 1916, compiling a record of 1–8. Bennis was also the head coach for the Saint Joseph"s Hawks men"s basketball team for one season (1910-1911) and finished with a 6–6 record. In addition to coaching the basketball team, he was also hired in 1909 to coach the Street Joe"s football team
Bennis was a standout football player at the University of Pennsylvania.
He graduated from Penn in 1906.