Liam Hennessy (coach)

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Liam Hennessy
Personal information
NationalityIrish
Born (1958-05-26) 26 May 1958 (age 66)
Cappawhite, County Tipperary, Ireland
Sport
Sport Track and Field
Event Pole Vault
College team East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

New Mexico State University Thomond College of Education, Limerick

Contents

University of Limerick
ClubLimerick/ Tipperary Town
Achievements and titles
Personal best4.96

Liam Hennessy [1] is an exercise physiologist, strength and conditioning coach and former international athlete from Cappawhite, County Tipperary, Ireland, who competed in the pole vault, and has worked both with professional athletes and teams and as an academic researcher. He founded the distance learning institution Setanta College.

Career

Athletics

Hennessy is a retired international athlete, [2] who competed and holds records [3] at the pole vault in international competition representing Ireland at more than 55 events, [4] [5] the first being at the age of 15. [6] As of 2022 he is still listed amongst the best Irish performers in international competition. [7] Hennessy broke his first Irish record in 1977. [8] His Munster U-23 Men's Indoor record set in 1978 of 4.70 still stands as of 2022, [9] with his career personal best at 4.96.[ citation needed ]

Coaching

Hennessy has worked with several GAA teams in nearly all codes of the game, including Tipperary GAA and its All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship team of 1991. [4]

He was Director of Fitness with the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) [2] for ten years, [10] where he oversaw a number of Triple Crown (rugby union) wins and the Grand Slam (rugby union) Six Nations Championship win in 2009.[ citation needed ]

Hennessy was involved with a number of football clubs in England, Germany and Italy, including Blackburn Rovers F.C., Liverpool F.C., S.S. Lazio, [11] and FC Bayern Munich. [12] [2]

He became National Jumps Coach in Ireland after he finished competing and also acted as Irish team manager at the first IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics in Athens in 1985. Also, Hennessy has worked with many Irish Olympics Athletes throughout the years. At Atlanta 1996, he was the Chief Exercise Physiologist to the Irish Olympic Team. [4] [13]

Hennessy was part of Pádraig Harrington's [14] [15] coaching staff for his Major wins; The Open Championship 2007 & 2008 and PGA Championship in 2008.

Academic

Hennessy is a published author and researcher in the fields of exercise physiology and strength and conditioning. He published in British Journal of Sports Medicine , [16] Sports Biomechanics, [17] and The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research [18] [19] [20] Hennessy has studied at University of Limerick, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, New Mexico State University, and Loughborough University.[ citation needed ]

He founded Setanta College, a distance learning college,[ citation needed ] which offers sport related courses from Higher Certificate to Bachelor's Degree level. All of the college's qualifications are accredited by Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI).[ citation needed ] The college provides courses in strength and conditioning for both beginner and experienced coaches for several sports.

Hennessy worked in the Cardiopulmonary Department at the Blackrock Clinic, Dublin [13] and also was a P.E. teacher at St Columba's College, Dublin. [21] In 2003, Hennessy developed Club Energise, [22] an isotonic drink.

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  6. ↑ Malachy Clerkin (19 July 2009). "Part of a learning desire". Tribune.maithu.com. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
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  8. ↑ "Championship: Irish Universities Representative Matches". Sindar.net. Retrieved 1 March 2012. Liam Hennessy, an 18-year-old from Tipperary, leapt to the top of Irish Pole-vaulting.
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  19. ↑ Hennessy, Liam; Kilty, James (August 2001). "Relationship of the Stretch-Shortening Cycle to Sprint Performance in Trained Female Athletes". The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 15 (3): 326–331. doi:10.1519/00124278-200108000-00011. PMID   11710659.
  20. ↑ Hennessy, Liam C.; Watson, Anthony W. S. (February 1994). "The Interference Effects of Training for Strength and Endurance Simultaneously". The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research. 8 (1): 12. doi:10.1519/00124278-199402000-00003.
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