Larry Keating (athletic director)

Larry Keating or Laurence Charles Keating Jr. (July 26, 1944 – May 25, 2021) is the former athletic director for Seton Hall University; a position he held from 1985 to 1997.[1][2] Under his tenure at Seton Hall the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team advanced to the championship game of the 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four.[3] He resigned from his position at Seton Hall in 1997 after refusing to fire the men's basketball coach, George Blaney.[4] He is currently the special assistant to the athletics director at the University of Kansas, where he is in charge of scheduling basketball and football games.[3]

  1. ^ Kratch, James Kratch (2021-05-26). "Larry Keating, former Seton Hall athletics director, dies at 76". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  2. ^ "Laurence Keating Obituary - Southport, NC". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
  3. ^ a b "Larry Keating". University of Kansas Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Seton Hall basketball coach fired, AD resigns". Associated Press.