Matt Keeley
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| Current position | |
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| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Northwest Missouri State |
| Conference | MIAA |
| Record | 0–0 (–) |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2004 | MidAmerica Nazarene |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2005 | MidAmerica Nazarene (GA) |
| 2007–2009 | Washburn (assistant) |
| 2009–2017 | MidAmerica Nazarene (assistant) |
| 2017–2024 | Ottawa (AZ) |
| 2024–present | Northwest Missouri State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 113–89 (.559) |
| Tournaments | 2–1 (NCCAA) 6–2 (NAIA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 GSAC tournament (2022, 2023) | |
| Awards | |
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As a coach:
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Matt Keeley is the men's basketball head coach at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.
Life
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.[citation needed] 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]
Head coach record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Ottawa (AZ) (Independent) (2017–2018) | |||||||||
| 2017–18 | Ottawa (AZ) | 15–13 | |||||||
| Ottawa (AZ) (Golden State Athletic Conference) (2018–2024) | |||||||||
| 2018–19 | Ottawa (AZ) | 5–23 | 2–16 | ||||||
| 2019–20 | Ottawa (AZ) | 11–17 | 6–12 | T–7th | |||||
| 2020–21 | Ottawa (AZ) | 13–6 | 6–4 | 5th | NCCAA Runner-Up | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ottawa (AZ) | 25–9 | 11–7 | T–3rd | NAIA Second Round | ||||
| 2022–23 | Ottawa (AZ) | 25–10 | 11–8 | 4th | NAIA Fab Four | ||||
| 2023–24 | Ottawa (AZ) | 19–11 | 8–6 | T–4th | |||||
| Ottawa (AZ): | 113–89 (.559) | 44–53 (.454) | |||||||
| Northwest Missouri State (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024–25 | Northwest Missouri State | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Northwest Missouri State: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 113–89 (.559) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ "Keeley named Northwest's 21st head men's basketball coach". April 13, 2024. Retrieved April 13, 2024.