| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Sam Houston |
| Conference | CUSA |
| Record | 96–39 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | July 26, 1959 Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1980 | Delaware |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1981–1982 | Amherst (assistant) |
| 1986–1992 | Rowan (assistant) |
| 1993–2001 | Rowan |
| 2002–2012 | Delaware |
| 2014–present | Sam Houston State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 270–112–1 |
| Tournaments | 21–7 (NCAA D-III playoffs) 25–7 (NCAA D-I-AA/FCS playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 NCAA Division I-AA/FCS (2003, 2020) 4 NJAC (1993, 1995, 1997, 2001) 2 A-10 (2003–2004) 1 CAA (2010) 3 Southland (2014, 2016, 2020) 1 WAC (2021) | |
| Awards | |
| Eddie Robinson Award (2016) AFCA Coach of the Year Award (2010) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award (2010) All-American Football Foundation Frank Leahy Coach of the Year (2003) All-American Football Foundation Johnny Vaught Head Coach Award (2007) Field Turf FCS Coach of the Year (2010) Maxwell Club Coach of the Year (2003, 2007, 2010) | |
Kurt Charles Keeler (born July 26, 1959) is an American football coach and former player. He is the head football coach at Sam Houston State University, a position he had held since 2014. Previously, Keeler was the head coach at his alma mater, the University of Delaware, from 2002 to 2012, and at Rowan University from 1993 to 2001.
Keeler is the all-time winningest coach in NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff history and, after winning the national championship with Delaware in 2003 and Sam Houston in 2020, the only coach in FCS history to win a national championship at two different institutions. In 2019, an ESPN Blue Ribbon Panel selected Keeler as one of the 150 greatest coaches in college football history.[1]