Robert Senseney, the head football coach at Roanoke (Va.) William Fleming, is the new football coach at Knightdale High School.
Senseney has a 79-19 career head coaching record, including a 30-12 mark at Fleming, where the team played every game on the road.
His teams won Virginia State AA Championships in 2003 and 2004 while he was head coach at Gretna High.
Senseney is a 1990 graduate Fayetteville Seventy-First and a 1995 graduate of East Carolina University. He earned his teaching certification at Fayetteville State University.
"I don't look at the Knightdale job as a new challenge," he said. "It is a new opportunity.
"The school has a community identification and I think that's huge. I'm excited for this opportunity."
Among the honors he has received are:
2008 Western Valley District Coach of the Year
2006 Blue Ridge District Coach of the Year
2004 Double AA State Coach of the Year
2004 Region III Coach of the Year
2004 Dogwood District Coach of the Year
2004 Danville Register and Bee Newspaper Coach of the Year
2004 WDBJ 7 Friday Football Extra Team of the Year
2003 Double AA State Coach of the Year
2003 Region III Coach of the Year
2003 Dogwood District Coach of the Year
2003 Danville Register and Bee Newspaper Coach of the Year
2003 Lynchburg News and Advance Newspaper Coach of the Year
2003 WDBJ 7 Friday Football Extra Team of the Year
