Men's Basketball

Kuykendall joined the Southwestern Athletic Department as the Head Men's Basketball Coach in July of 2019. In his first season, the Pirates finished 12-14 overall with a berth to the SCAC Conference Tournament. Kuykendall has led his teams to four SCAC Tournament appearances and has coached nine All-Conference selections in four years. 

Kuykendall arrived at Southwestern after five seasons as the Head Coach at Schreiner University. In those five seasons, Kuykendall posted a 40-32 conference record, including double-digit conference win totals his last three seasons. He won back-to-back SCAC Coach of the Year awards, delivering the Mountaineers' first regular-season conference championship with an 11-3 conference record in the 2016-17 season and leading Schreiner to both the regular season and conference tournament championships in the 2017-18 season, earning the program's first NCAA Tournament berth.

Kuykendall graduated from Mary Hardin-Baylor, where he was a letter winner for four years. His senior season, the Crusaders made the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.

Kuykendall resides in Georgetown, Texas with his wife Stephanie and their two kids Emery and Hudson.