One of the most respected coaches in the history of college basketball and recently inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, Gene Keady, who spent 27 seasons at the helm of the Purdue and Western Kentucky programs and won 550 NCAA Division I games – with more than 800 career wins at all levels – is Special Assistant/Advisor to Head Coach Steve Lavin for the Red Storm.
Though Keady’s role will not involve any on-court coaching, his keen eye and feel for the game will aid the St. John’s coaching staff in terms of developing strategy, analyzing game film, planning practices, and contributing at staff meetings. With experience at the collegiate level and in the professional ranks as an assistant coach with the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, Keady brings literally decades of perspective to the Red Storm bench.
He is a six-time national coach of the year and seven-time Big Ten coach of the year.