Gene Keady

Gene Keady
Keady in 2022
Biographical details
Born (1936-05-21) May 21, 1936 (age 88)
Larned, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
1954–1956Garden City CC
1956–1958Kansas State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1965Beloit Jr-Sr HS (KS)
1965–1966Hutchinson JC (assistant)
1966–1974Hutchinson JC
1975–1978Arkansas (assistant)
1978–1980Western Kentucky
1980–2005Purdue
2005–2006Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2010–2015St. John's (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall737–340 (.684) (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
6 Big Ten regular season (1984, 1987, 1988, 1994–1996)
OVC regular season (1980)
OVC Tournament (1980)
6 Jayhawk Conference (1967, 1968, 1971–1974)
Awards
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)[1]
John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2007)
Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2023 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame
Inducted in 2013
Medal record
Head Coach for  United States
William Jones Cup
Silver medal – second place 1985 Jones Cup Head Coach
World University Games
Gold medal – first place 1989 Duisburg Head coach
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Head coach
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team

Lloyd Eugene Keady (born May 21, 1936) is an American Hall of Fame basketball coach. He is best known for his 25 years serving as the head men's basketball coach at Purdue University in Indiana. In his tenure leading the Boilermakers from 1980 to 2005, he went to the NCAA Tournament seventeen times, twice advancing to the Elite Eight.

  1. ^ "Gene Keady – Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame". Retrieved September 24, 2018.