Gene Keady
Inducted:
2023
Player Stats
Born:
May 21, 1936
Larned, Kansas, U.S.
Position:
Coach
College: NA
Gene Keady is a Hall of Fame basketball coach best known for his 25-year tenure as head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team.
While he never served as a head coach in the NBA, Keady contributed to the league as an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors during the 2005–2006 season.
In his tenure leading the Boilermakers from 1980 to 2005, he went to the NCAA Tournament seventeen times, twice advancing to the Elite Eight.
Keady became the winningest coach in school history with 493 victories and second winningest coach in Big Ten Conference history.
Keady was also named national Coach of the Year ten times during his career and often devoted the off-season to coaching for his country with USA Basketball.
Keady's Awards
- 6 KJJCC regular season (1967, 1968, 1971–1974)
- OVC regular season (1980)
- OVC tournament (1980)
- 6 Big Ten regular season (1984, 1987, 1988, 1994–1996)
- 7× Big Ten Coach of the Year (1984, 1988, 1990, 1994–1996, 2000)
- 6× National Coach of the Year (1984, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000)
- NJCAA Hall of Fame (1990)
- Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (2001)
- John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2007)
Coaching Career
Beloit Jr-Sr HS (KS) 1959–1965
Hutchinson JC (assistant) 1965–1966
Hutchinson JC 1966–1974
Arkansas (assistant) 1975–1978
Western Kentucky 1978–1980
Purdue 1980–2005
Toronto Raptors (assistant) 2005–2006
St. John's (assistant) 2010–2015
Coaching Stats
Coaching Tenure:
1959-2015
Total Wins:
737
Total Losses:
340
Winning Percentage:
.684
Big Ten Regular Season Championships:
6
Big Ten Coach of the Year Awards:
7
NCAA Tournament Appearances:
17
Elite Eight appearances:
2
Ohio Valley Conference Championships:
1 (1980)