Gene Keady
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 21, 1936 Larned, Kansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1954–1956 | Garden City CC |
| 1956–1958 | Kansas State |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1959–1965 | Beloit HS |
| 1965–1966 | Hutchinson JC (asst.) |
| 1966–1974 | Hutchinson JC |
| 1975–1978 | Arkansas (asst.) |
| 1978–1980 | Western Kentucky |
| 1980–2005 | Purdue |
| 2005–2006 | Toronto Raptors (asst.) |
| 2010–2015 | St. John's (asst.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 550–289 (.655) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 6× Big Ten regular season championship (1984, 1987, 1988, 1994–1996) OVC Tournament championship (1980) OVC regular season championship (1980) Accomplishments 2× Elite Eight (1994, 2000) 5× Sweet Sixteen (1988, 1994, 1998–2000) 18× NCAA Tournament bids (1980, 1983–1988, 1990, 1991, 1993–2000, 2003) |
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| Awards | |
| 7× Big Ten Coach of the Year (1984, 1988, 1990, 1994–1996, 2000) 5× National Coach of the Year (1984, 1988, 1994, 1996, 2000) NJCAA Hall of Fame (1990) 2001 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame 2004 Naismith Outstanding Contribution to Basketball 2007 Kansas Sports Hall of Fame 2007 John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award 2010 Joe Lapchick Character Award 2010 Purdue Athletic Hall of Fame |
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College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2013 |
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Lloyd Eugene "Gene" Keady (born May 21, 1936) is an American basketball coach. Most recently an assistant coach at St. John's University, he is most notable for being the head men's college basketball coach at Purdue University for 25 years, from 1980 to 2005.
Keady was born in Larned, Kansas on May 21, 1936. He married his first wife, Patricia, in 1981 and had three children. They were married until her death in 2009. He remarried in 2012 to Kathleen Petrie. Keady is known for his combover hairstyle, which included hair extensions and dye. He reported that he spent $600 a week to maintain the hairstyle. In 2013, Keady changed his hair at the behest of his wife Kathleen. After cutting his hair, he was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma on his scalp.
Keady's father instilled in him a passion for sports. This became evident as Keady was a four sport athlete at Garden City Junior College in Garden City, Kansas. At the junior college level, Keady was named an All-American in football for playing quarterback. Keady continued his education at a higher level at Kansas State University. At Kansas State, Keady was a letter-winner in three sports: football, baseball, and track. In the summer of 1958, Keady graduated from Kansas State with a B.S. in biological sciences and physical education.
Keady was drafted in the 19th round of the 1958 NFL Draft by the Pittsburgh Steelers (223rd overall pick) but did not play.
With his football playing career over, Keady returned to Kansas in 1959 where he accepted a teaching and coaching position at Beloit High School in Beloit, Kansas. The only coaching position open at the school was for the basketball team. Keady coached in Beloit for six years from 1959 to 1965. Keady understood the value of education and never stopped learning, even while he was coaching. In 1964, he earned his master's degree in education from Kansas State. While coaching high school basketball, he compiled a record of 142 wins to 47 losses (.751).
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