Kyle Keller
Kyle Keller (born January 16, 1968)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks
Current conference: Southland Conference
Stephen F. Austin record: 103-83 (.554) **
Overall record^: 103-83 (.554) **
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0 **
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CBI Appearances: 1 (2022)
- Southland Regular Season Champion: 1 (2020)
- WAC Regular Season Champion: 1 (2022)
- Southland Tournament Champion: 1 (2018)
Awards:
- Southland Coach of the Year: 1 (2020)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2016-present | Stephen F. Austin |
| 2011-2016 | Texas A&M (asst) |
| 2008-2011 | Kansas (asst) |
| 2006-2008 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
| 2002-2006 | Oklahoma State (DBO) |
| 1999-2002 | Oklahoma State (asst) |
| 1997-1999 | Tyler JC |
| 1996-1997 | UTSA (asst) |
| 1994-1996 | Tyler JC (asst) |
| 1990-1994 | Louisiana Tech (asst) |
| 1989-1990 | Oklahoma State (student asst) |
Kyle Keller Facts
- Kyle Keller
- Born January 16, 1968
- Hometown: Dallas, Texas
- Alma Mater: Oklahoma State University (BA, 1990) / Louisiana Tech University (MA, 1991)
- Was a student assistant coach as an undergrad at Oklahoma State alongside future National Champion head coach Bill Self; the head coach at the time was Leonard Hamilton
- Spent two seasons as the head coach at Tyler JC (TX) from 1997-1999
- Worked on the coaching staffs of Jerry Loyd (Louisiana Tech), Tim Carter (UTSA), Eddie Sutton and Sean Sutton (Oklahoma State) and Bill Self (Kansas)
- Was an assistant under Billy Kennedy at Texas A&M for five seasons before getting the Stephen F. Austin job
- Led the Lumberjacks to the 2018 NCAA Tournament in his second year by way of a Southland Tournament title
- Won the Southland regular season title in 2020, earning Keller Southland COY honors
- Stephen F. Austin was investigated by the NCAA and found in 2020 to have been inaccurately certifying players’ academic eligibility across a number of athletic programs, including men’s basketball
- A total of 117 victories credited to Keller and his predecessor Brad Underwood were vacated, including the Lumberjacks’ 2015, 2016 and 2018 NCAA Tournament appearances (the previous two under Underwood)
- The Lumberjacks won a share of the 2022 WAC title in their first year in the league, but returned to the Southland in 2024
Kyle Keller Coaching Tree
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^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
** Listed records and accomplishments for this coach do not include wins or appearances later vacated by the NCAA