Keith Urgo
Keith Urgo (born April 25, 1980)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Fordham Rams
Current conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Fordham record: 38-28 (.576)
Overall record: 38-28 (.576)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Atlantic 10 Regular Season Champion: 0
- Atlantic 10 Tournament Champion: 0
Awards:
- Joe B. Hall Award: 1 (2023)
- Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year: 1 (2023)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Fordham |
| 2021-2022 | Fordham (assoc. HC) |
| 2013-2021 | Penn State (assoc. HC) |
| 2011-2013 | Penn State (asst) |
| 2010-2011 | Villanova (asst) |
| 2008-2010 | Villanova (DBO) |
| 2007-2008 | Villanova (video) |
Keith Urgo Facts
- Keith Urgo
- Born April 25, 1980
- Hometown: Washington, D.C.
- Alma Mater: Fairfield University (BA, 2002)
- Born in Pennsylvania and raised in DC, Urgo played lacrosse and basketball at Fairfield, the latter for head coach Tim O’Toole
- Helped develop the non-profit “Playing for Peace, Inc.” organization to aid conflict resolution overseas; spent two years living in South Africa, Northern Ireland, the West Bank, and Greece
- Started his coaching career in 2004, as an assistant and JV coach at his alma mater, Gonzaga HS in DC
- Hired by Jay Wright in 2007 to be the video coordinator at Villanova; was elevated to DBO the following year and then to assistant coach in 2010
- In four seasons with the Wildcats, Urgo was part of four NCAA Tournaments including the 2009 Final Four run
- Spent ten seasons at Penn State, nine under Pat Chambers and one under Jim Ferry; was an assistant from 2011-13 and then was associate head coach for the remaining eight seasons
- Joined Kyle Neptune‘s staff at Fordham in 2021 as associate head coach; Neptune and Urgo had previously worked together for two seasons at Villanova (2008-10)
- Promoted to head coach at Fordham in April 2022 following Neptune’s return to Villanova
- In his first season, he led the Rams to a second-place finish and was named Atlantic 10 COY; also won the Joe B. Hall Award as the best first-year head coach in Division I
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