Kenny Bundy (born March 9, 1981) is an American former

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player who is currently an assistant coach for

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Career

College and amateur

Bundy grew up in

Bixby, Oklahoma Bixby is a city in Tulsa and Wagoner counties in the U.S. state of Oklahoma; it is a suburb of Tulsa. Its population was 28,609 at the 2020 census and 20,884 in the 2010 census, an increase of 36.99 percent In 2010, Bixby became the 19th lar ...

, and played

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at the

University of North Carolina at Greensboro The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG or UNC Greensboro) is a public research university in Greensboro, North Carolina. It is part of the University of North Carolina, University of North Carolina system. It is accredited by the S ...

from 1999 to 2003. During the 2003 collegiate off season he spent the summer with the

Carolina Dynamo Salem City FC is an American amateur soccer club based in Bermuda Run, North Carolina that fields a men's team in USL League Two, and a women's team as the North Carolina Fusion in the USL W League. The teams plays their home games at the Truis ...

of the

USL Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States, forming part of the United States soccer league system. The league will featu ...

Professional

Bundy signed as a free agent with the Dallas Sidekicks of the Major Indoor Soccer League on October 2, 2003. He spent the 2003–2004 season in Dallas, but the team withdrew from the league at the end of the season. The Chicago Storm selected Bundy in the third round of the Dispersal Draft, but he did not sign with them. Instead, he signed with the

Wilmington Hammerheads Wilmington Hammerheads FC was a semi-professional American soccer team based in Wilmington, North Carolina. Founded in 1996, the team last competed in the Premier Development League, the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid in 2017. Histor ...

of the

USL Second Division The USL Second Division (commonly referred to as USL-2) was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, operated by United Soccer Leagues (USL). It was at the third tier of soccer in the United States, behind Major League Soccer ...

, where he has remained ever since, clocking over 80 games for the team in four seasons. After a year out of soccer in 2008 Bundy returned to the Hammerheads for the 2009 season. He was subsequently named to the 2009 USL2 All-League First Team.

Coaching

In addition to his playing career, Bundy previously was a coach with Developmental Elite Coaching in Wilmington. Bundy was named head coach of Houston Dynamo 2 in

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. When Dynamo first team head coach Paulo Nagamura was fired 29 games into the 2022 season, Bundy assumed interim duties on September 5. In January 2025, Bundy was brought up to the

Houston Dynamo Houston Dynamo Football Club is an American professional soccer club based in Houston. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Western Conference. Established on December 15, 2005, the club was founded after their fo ...

first team coaching staff.

Honors

Wilmington Hammerheads

Regular Season Champions (1):

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

Dallas Sidekicks

Scored the 3,500th goal in Dallas Sidekicks history.

References

External links

Wilmington Hammerheads bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bundy, Kenny 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Tulsa, Oklahoma American men's soccer players Soccer players from Oklahoma USL League Two players USL Second Division players Wilmington Hammerheads FC players North Carolina Fusion U23 players Dallas Sidekicks (2001–2008 MISL) players UNC Greensboro Spartans men's soccer players Houston Dynamo FC non-playing staff Men's association football midfielders Major Indoor Soccer League (2001–2008) players People from Bixby, Oklahoma American soccer coaches Houston Dash non-playing staff USL League Two coaches