Ollie Keller Explained

Ollie Keller
Birth Date:8 March 1929
Birth Place:Blount County, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
Death Place:Fairhope, Alabama, U.S.
Player Sport1:Football
Player Years2:1951
Player Team2:Tennessee
Player Years3:1952–1953
Player Team3:Memphis State
Player Sport4:Basketball
Player Years5:1951–1953
Player Team5:Memphis State
Player Positions:Halfback
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:1954
Coach Team2:Hall HS (TN)
Coach Years3:1955–1956
Coach Team3:Maryville HS (TN)
Coach Years4:1957–1967
Coach Team4:Memphis Catholic HS (TN)
Coach Years5:1968
Coach Team5:Iowa State (assistant)
Coach Years6:1970–1971
Coach Team6:Memphis State (assistant)
Coach Years7:1972–1975
Coach Team7:Northeast Louisiana
Coach Years8:1976
Coach Team8:Colorado State (OC)
Overall Record:14–24–3 (college)

Ollie Keller (March 8, 1929 – April 21, 2019) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Northeast Louisiana University—now known as University of Louisiana at Monroe—in Monroe, Louisiana for four seasons, from 1972 until 1975, compiling record of 14–24–3.

Coaching career

Keller began his coaching career at Halls High School followed by two years at his high school alma mater, Maryville High School. He spent the next ten years coaching at Memphis Catholic High School (1957–1967), which was a perennial football powerhouse. Keller moved to the college level in 1968 as an assistant at Iowa State University under Johnny Majors before returning to Memphis State as an assistant in 1970.

Death

Keller died on April 21, 2019, at his home in Fairhope, Alabama.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/101/Bill/SJR0280.pdf
  2. News: . Coach Ollie Keller . . . April 26, 2019 . October 6, 2021 .