Charles Lennon is in his fifth year as assistant baseball coach at Ave Maria University. Coach Lennon, a native of Joliet, Ill., settled in South Bend, Ind. in 1961 after graduating from the University of Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame, Coach Lennon was a two-year monogram winner with the baseball team. He served as an assistant baseball coach for seven years ('61-'67) at Notre Dame and also six years ('62-'67) as an assistant basketball coach for the Fighting Irish.
While living in South Bend, Coach Lennon served as director of several local public agencies, including South Bend's Model Cities Program and the city's Redevelopment Department. He became direcrtor of the ND Alumni Association in 1981, and in 1999 was named associate vice president for university relations.
Coach Lennon retired from Notre Dame on June 30, 2011, and is now on emeritus status. At Notre Dame's 2011 commencement, he received an honorary doctor of law degree. The Notre Dame Monogram Club awarded Coach Lennon the Moose Krause Distinguished Service Award in 2011.
Charles Lennon and his wife, Joan, have five children, three of whom are Notre Dame graduates: Sean, Molly, Brian, Colleen and Kevin. Coach Lennon and his wife reside in Ave Maria.
