Matt Keeley | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | Northwest Missouri State |
Current Conference: | MIAA |
Player Years1: | 2000–2004 |
Player Team1: | MidAmerica Nazarene |
Coach Years1: | 2004–2005 |
Coach Team1: | MidAmerica Nazarene (GA) |
Coach Years2: | 2007–2009 |
Coach Team2: | Washburn (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2009–2017 |
Coach Team3: | MidAmerica Nazarene (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2017–2024 |
Coach Team4: | Ottawa (AZ) |
Coach Years5: | 2024–present |
Coach Team5: | Northwest Missouri State |
Tournament Record: | 2–1 (NCCAA) 6–2 (NAIA) |
Championships: | 2 GSAC tournament (2022, 2023) |
Awards: | As a player:
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Matt Keeley is the men's basketball head coach at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.
Keeley was raised in Great Bend, Kansas. He played college basketball at MidAmerica Nazarene University under head coach Rocky Lamar, where the school made 4 NAIA Division II tournament appearances during his playing career, including 2 quarterfinal runs and a national championship appearance in 2001. Keeley was a 2-time All-American at MNU and led the NAIA in assists in 2004 on his way to winning HAAC player of the year honors.
After a decade of assistant coaching stops at Washburn and MNU, Keeley became the head coach at Ottawa University Arizona in 2017, where he took them to 3 straight tournament appearances, including a NCCAA national championship appearance in 2021 and NAIA Fab Four appearance in 2023. During this time, he was named the NCCAA National Coach of the Year in 2023.[1]