Kerry Keating (born July 15, 1971)
Teams coached: Santa Clara Broncos
Santa Clara record: 139-159 (.466)
Overall record: 139-159 (.466)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Championships: 1 (2013)
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2013)
- CIT Championships: 1 (2011)
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2011)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2007-2016 | Santa Clara |
2003-2007 | UCLA (asst) |
2001-2003 | Tennessee (asst) |
2000-2001 | Tulsa (asst) |
1998-2000 | Appalachian State (asst) |
1995-1998 | Seton Hall (asst) |
1994-1995 | Vanderbilt (asst) |
1993-1994 | Wake Forest (admin asst) |
1990-1993 | Seton Hall (video) |
Kerry Keating Facts
- Kerry Keating
- Born July 15, 1971
- Hometown: Rockville Centre, New York
- Alma Mater: Seton Hall University (BA, 1993)
- Grew up on Long Island in Rockville Centre; attended Archbishop Molloy HS in Queens and Seton Hall Prep in NJ
- Walked on at Seton Hall as a freshman, playing for head coach P. J. Carlesimo; served as Carlesimo’s video coordinator for the next three seasons as he got his degree
- Was an admin assistant for Dave Odom at Wake Forest for one year, then spent one season as an assistant at Vanderbilt under Jan van Breda Kolff
- Returned to his alma mater in 1995 to spend three seasons as an assistant with the Pirates, first under George Blaney and then under Tommy Amaker
- Worked as an assistant under Buzz Peterson for a total of five seasons at three different schools; Keating and Peterson had previously worked together as an assistants at Vandy
- Moved out West in 2003, joining Ben Howland‘s staff at UCLA; was an important recruiter and was part of two trips to the NCAA Final Four
- Hired as a head coach for the first time in 2007, taking over the Santa Clara Broncos program
- Won 139 games in nine seasons at SCU, winning the 2011 CIT title and 2013 CBI title
- Fired in March 2016 after a third-straight finish below .500 (and seventh overall)
- Since then, Keating has worked as a consultant with the Houston Rockets and has worked in sports technology in the Bay Area
- Also serves as a television analyst with the ABC affiliate in San Francisco
- Along with his wife, Treena, has two sons
Kerry Keating Coaching Tree
- Dustin Kerns (Appalachian State, Presbyterian)
- Sam Scholl (San Diego)
- Lamont Smith (San Diego)