Rudy Keeling

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Rudy Keeling
Sport(s)	Basketball
Biographical details
Born	(1947-03-14)March 14, 1947
Died	July 6, 2013(2013-07-06) (aged 66) Londonderry, New Hampshire
Alma mater	Quincy
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1977–1980 1980–1986 1986–1988 1988–1996 1996–2001	Bergan HS Bradley (asst.) Marquette (asst.) Maine Northeastern
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2002–2007 2007–2013	Emerson College ECAC (Commissioner)

Harold Rudolph "Rudy" Keeling (March 14, 1947 – 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 the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).

Keeling attended Bishop Dubois High School and Quincy University, where he played basketball and graduated in 1970.^[1] 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 - the school's first African-American head coach. In eight seasons at Maine, he compiled a record of 106–122 and led the school to its first 20 win season. From there, Keeling was named head coach at Northeastern, where in five seasons he went 45–92.^[2]

In 2002, Keeling was named Athletic Director at Emerson College, where in his five years he added five varsity sports. In 2007 he left to become commissioner of the ECAC, the first African-American commissioner of a major conference.^[2]

Keeling died on July 6, 2013 in Londonderry, New Hampshire.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Obituary: Harold Rudolph "Rudy" Keeling". Bangor Daily News. July 10, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "The ECAC Mourns the Loss of Former Commissioner Rudy Keeling". Eastern College Athletic Conference. July 8, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2013.

Maine Black Bears men's basketball head coaches

George Huntington (1904–1905)
George Owen (1905–1906)
John Phelan (1906–1908)
John Neary (1908–1910)
No team (1910–1920)
James A. Baldwin (1920–1921)
Howard Flack (1921–1923)
Joseph T. Murphy (1923–1925)
Fred Brice (1925–1929)
No team (1929–1935)
William C. Kenyon (1935–1942)
Samuel Sezak (1942–1944)
William C. Kenyon (1944–1945)
George E. Allen (1945–1949)
Rome Rankin (1949–1954)
Russell DeVette (1954–1955)
Harold Woodbury (1955–1958)
Brian McCall (1958–1968)
Gil Philbrick (1968–1971)
Skip Chappelle (1971–1988)
Rudy Keeling (1988–1996)
John Giannini (1996–2004)
Ted Woodward (2004– )

Northeastern Huskies men's basketball head coaches

Charles Foster (1920–1921)
Maddison Jeffrey (1921–1923)
Rufus Bond (1923–1929)
Alfred McCoy (1929–1937)
James W. Dunn (1937–1942)
Foxy Flumere (1942–1945)
Eugene Pare (1945–1946)
William Grinnell (1946–1948)
Joe Zabilski (1948–1958)
Dick Dukeshire (1958–1971)
Jim Bowman (1971–1972)
Jim Calhoun (1972–1986)
Karl Fogel (1986–1994)
Dave Leitao (1994–1996)
Rudy Keeling (1996–2001)
Ron Everhart (2001–2006)
Bill Coen (2006– )

Persondata
Name	Keeling, Rudy
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player and athletic administrator
Date of birth	March 14, 1947
Place of birth
Date of death	July 6, 2013
Place of death	Londonderry, New Hampshire

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