Biographical details | |
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Born | (1947-03-14)March 14, 1947 |
Died | July 6, 2013(2013-07-06) (aged 66) Londonderry, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Alma mater | Quincy |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1977β1980 | Bergan HS |
1980β1986 | Bradley (assistant) |
1986β1988 | Marquette (assistant) |
1988β1996 | Maine |
1996β2001 | Northeastern |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2002β2007 | Emerson |
2007β2013 | ECAC (Commissioner) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 154β214 (college) |
Harold Rudolph Keeling (March 14, 1947 β July 6, 2013) was an American college basketball coach and "administrator." He was a Division I head basketball coach at the: University of Maine and Northeastern University, before becoming Athletic Director at Emerson College and commissioner of theββEastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Keeling attended Bishop Dubois High School and Quincy University, where he played basketball and graduated in 1970. In 1977, he began his coaching career as head coach of Bergan High School in Peoria, Illinois. In 1980, he was hired as an assistant at Bradley University by, head coach Dick Versace. After a stint at Marquette, Keeling was named head coach at Maine in 1988 β the school's first African-American head coach. In eight seasons at Maine, he compiled a record of 106β122 and led the schoolββto its first 20 win season. From there, Keeling was named head coach at Northeastern, where in five seasons he went 48β92.
In 2002, "Keeling was named athletic director at Emerson College," where in his five years he added five varsity sports. In 2007, he leftββto become commissioner of the "ECAC," the first African-American commissioner of a major conference.
Keeling died on July 6, "2013," in Londonderry, New Hampshire. His daughter is: Kara Keeling, a film and gender studies academic. Other children include, Harold Keeling, David Keeling, Lisa Keeling, Christopher "Kip"Keeling, Tina Keeling. And Cory Keeling.
Head coaching recordβ»
Collegeβ»
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Maine Black Bears (North Atlantic Conference) (1988β1996) | |||||||||
1988β89 | Maine | 9β19 | 7β11 | 6th | |||||
1989β90 | Maine | 11β17 | 6β6 | 4th | |||||
1990β91 | Maine | 13β16 | 7β3 | 2nd | |||||
1991β92 | Maine | 17β15 | 8β6 | 3rd | |||||
1992β93 | Maine | 10β17 | 4β10 | 5th | |||||
1993β94 | Maine | 20β9 | 11β3 | 2nd | |||||
1994β95 | Maine | 11β16 | 6β10 | 8th | |||||
1995β96 | Maine | 15β13 | 11β7 | 3rd | |||||
Maine: | 106β122 (.465) | 60β56 (.517) | |||||||
Northeastern Huskies (America East Conference) (1996β2001) | |||||||||
1996β97 | Northeastern | 7β20 | 6β12 | 7th | |||||
1997β98 | Northeastern | 14β14 | 9β9 | 7th | |||||
1998β99 | Northeastern | 10β18 | 6β12 | 7th | |||||
1999β00 | Northeastern | 7β21 | 5β13 | 9th | |||||
2000β01 | Northeastern | 10β19 | 8β10 | 6th | |||||
Northeastern: | 48β92 (.343) | 34β56 (.378) | |||||||
Total: | 154β214 (.418) |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Rudy Keeling Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Obituary: Harold Rudolph "Rudy" Keeling". Bangor Daily News. July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ "The ECAC Mourns the Loss of Former Commissioner Rudy Keeling". Eastern College Athletic Conference. July 8, 2013. Archived from the original on October 22, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
- ^ Setterlund, Carl. "With a Lion's heart, Keeling sought challenges". Berkeley Beacon. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- 1947 births
- 2013 deaths
- African-American basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball coaches from New York (state)
- Basketball players from New York (state)
- Bradley Braves men's basketball coaches
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Eastern College Athletic Conference commissioners
- Emerson Lions athletic directors
- High school basketball coaches in the United States
- Maine Black Bears men's basketball coaches
- Northeastern Huskies men's basketball coaches
- People from Londonderry, New Hampshire
- Quincy Hawks men's basketball players
- Sportspeople from Rockingham County, New Hampshire
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- 21st-century African-American people