Matt Keeley
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Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Northwest Missouri State |
Conference | MIAA |
Record | 0–0 (–) |
Playing career | |
2000–2004 | MidAmerica Nazarene |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2004–2005 | MidAmerica Nazarene (GA) |
2007–2009 | Washburn (assistant) |
2009–2017 | MidAmerica Nazarene (assistant) |
2017–2024 | Ottawa (AZ) |
2024–present | Northwest Missouri State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 113–89 (.559) |
Tournaments | 2–1 (NCCAA) 6–2 (NAIA) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
2 GSAC tournament (2022, 2023) | |
Awards | |
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As a coach:
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Matt Keeley is the men's basketball head coach at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.
Life
[edit]Keeley was raised in Great Bend, Kansas. He played college basketball at MidAmerica Nazarene University under head coach Rocky Lamar, where the school made 4 NAIA Division II tournament appearances during his playing career, including 2 quarterfinal runs and a national championship appearance in 2001. Keeley was a 2-time All-American at MNU and led the NAIA in assists in 2004 on his way to winning HAAC player of the year honors.[citation needed]
After a decade of assistant coaching stops at Washburn and MNU, Keeley became the head coach at Ottawa University Arizona in 2017, where he took them to 3 straight tournament appearances, including a NCCAA national championship appearance in 2021 and NAIA Fab Four appearance in 2023. During this time, he was named the NCCAA National Coach of the Year in 2023.[1]
Head coach record
[edit]Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Ottawa (AZ) (Independent) (2017–2018) | |||||||||
2017–18 | Ottawa (AZ) | 15–13 | |||||||
Ottawa (AZ) (Golden State Athletic Conference) (2018–2024) | |||||||||
2018–19 | Ottawa (AZ) | 5–23 | 2–16 | ||||||
2019–20 | Ottawa (AZ) | 11–17 | 6–12 | T–7th | |||||
2020–21 | Ottawa (AZ) | 13–6 | 6–4 | 5th | NCCAA Runner-Up | ||||
2021–22 | Ottawa (AZ) | 25–9 | 11–7 | T–3rd | NAIA Second Round | ||||
2022–23 | Ottawa (AZ) | 25–10 | 11–8 | 4th | NAIA Fab Four | ||||
2023–24 | Ottawa (AZ) | 19–11 | 8–6 | T–4th | |||||
Ottawa (AZ): | 113–89 (.559) | 44–53 (.454) | |||||||
Northwest Missouri State (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2024–present) | |||||||||
2024–25 | Northwest Missouri State | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Northwest Missouri State: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
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113–89 (.559) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ "Keeley named Northwest's 21st head men's basketball coach". April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.