Rudy Keeling (Former Head Coach)

Rudy Keeling

Teams coached: Maine Black Bears, Northeastern Huskies
Maine record: 106-122 (.465)
Northeastern record: 48-92 (.343)
Overall record: 154-214 (.418)

Harold Rudolph Keeling
Born March 14, 1947
Died July 6, 2013
Hometown: New York City, New York
Alma Mater: Quincy University (BA, 1970)
Graduated from Bishop Dubois HS in Manhattan and originally attended Notre Dame before transferring to D-II Quincy (IL)
Became the head coach at Bergan (now Peoria Notre Dame) HS (IL) in 1977 before starting his collegiate career in 1980
Hired by Dick Versace to be an assistant coach at Bradley, also located in Peoria, IL
- Spent six seasons at Bradley and was part of two MVC titles, one NCAA Tournament and the 1982 NIT title
Versace left for the NBA in 1986, while Keeling spent the next two seasons at Marquette as an assistant under Bob Dukiet
Headed back East in 1988 to become the head coach at Maine; went 106-122 in eight seasons with the Black Bears
- Finished above .500 three times, highlighted by the 1993-94 team that won 20 games for the first time in program history
Left for Northeastern in 1996 and coached the Huskies for the next five seasons
- All five of his teams went .500 or worse and he was let go in 2001 with an overall record of 48-92
Became the athletic director at D-III Emerson in Boston in 2002, working in that role for the next five years
Finished his career as commissioner of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC), serving from 2007 to 2013
Passed away from cancer in 2013 at the age of 66; survived by his wife, Jane, and their three children (predeceased by another son)