George Keogan
George Keogan (1890-1943)
Teams coached: UW-Superior Yellowjackets, Saint Louis Billikens, St. Thomas Tommies, Valparaiso Crusaders, Notre Dame Fighting Irish
UW-Superior record^: 20-6-2 (.750)
Saint Louis record: 22-12 (.647)
St. Thomas (MN) record^: 13-2 (.867)
Allegheny record^: 10-3 (.769)
Valparaiso record: 31-13 (.705)
Notre Dame record: 327-97-1 (.771)
Overall record^: 423-133-3 (.761)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Helms Foundation National Championships: 3 (1927, 1936)
Awards:
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 1961)
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame (inducted 2006)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1923-1943 | Notre Dame |
| 1919-1921 | Valparaiso |
| 1918-1919 | Allegheny |
| 1917-1918 | St. Thomas |
| 1914-1916 | Saint Louis |
| 1912-1914 | Superior Normal |
George Keogan Facts
- George E. Keogan
- Born March 8, 1890
- Died February 17, 1943
- Hometown: Minnesota Lake, Minnesota
- Alma Mater: University of Minnesota (BA, 1913)
- Started his coaching career while a student at UM, coaching the varsity teams at Lockport HS and Riverside HS
- Coached the Superior Normal School’s (now UW-Superior) basketball team for two seasons, going 20-6-2
- Went 22-12 as the head coach at Saint Louis, also coaching the Billikens’ football team for a year
- Served at Great Lakes Naval Station during World War I, then coached at then-D-II St. Thomas and D-II Allegheny (PA)
- At Valparaiso, he coached the basketball and football teams for two seasons and the baseball team for one
- Went 31-13 in basketball and 10-6 in football
- Arrived at Notre Dame in 1923, the part of his career for which Keogan is best remembered
- Was 327-97 in 20 season as head basketball coach, mostly before the NCAA Tournament
- Had two teams – 1926-27 and 1935-36 – retroactively named Helms Foundation National Champions
- Also coached the baseball team for five seasons and assisted legendary football coach Knute Rockne
- Suffered a heart attack at his South Bend home in February 1943, passing away at age 52
- Survived by his wife of eleven years, Ruby
- Assistant Ed “Moose” Krause coached the team for the rest of the season; he would spend over 30 years as AD at Notre Dame
- Inducted into the Naismith Memorial HOF (c/o 1961) and the College Basketball HOF (inaugural c/o 2006)
George Keogan Coaching Tree
- Earl Brown (Canisius, Merchant Marine, Dartmouth, Harvard)
- Clem Crowe (Notre Dame, Xavier, Saint Vincent)
- George Ireland (Loyola IL)
- John Jordan (Notre Dame, Loyola IL)
- Moose Krause (Notre Dame, Holy Cross)
- Ray Meyer (DePaul)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only