Kevin Keathley is a basketball

Basketball

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 coach and author

Author

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 who has spent nine years coaching on both the college and professional levels of basketball. He coached the East Kentucky Miners

East Kentucky Miners

The East Kentucky Miners are a professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association that began play as a member of the Continental Basketball Association in the 2007-2008 season...

 of the Continental Basketball Association

Continental Basketball Association

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 during the 2009-10 season.

Lees College

Keathley began his career as an assistant coach at Lees College in his home state of Kentucky. He served as the Lees College top assistant and later interim head coach.

Saint Catherine College

Following his stint at Lees, Keathley joined the coaching staff at Saint Catharine College, where the Patriots averaged 95.6 points per game in 2002.

Louisville Eagles (UPBL)

After two years at Saint Catharine, Keathley was named Associate Coach and Director of Basketball Operations for the Louisville Eagles of the UPBL. Keathley helped to guide Louisville to the 2003 UPBL championship.

Kentucky Colonels (ABA)

In 2004, Keathley was named Head Coach of the ABA's Kentucky Colonels. The Keathley-coached Colonels finished the 2005 season 21-12, falling to eventual champion Arkansas in the second round of the playoffs. In 2005 Keathley was named ABA

American Basketball Association (21st century)

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 (American Basketball Association) Coach of the Year as the coach of the Kentucky Colonels

Kentucky Colonels (ABA 2000)

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. At the time he was the youngest coach in all of pro basketball. The following year he was named one of the top ten young coaches in America by Probasketballnews.com.

Rio-Grande Valley Silverados

Upon leaving the Kentucky Colonels

Kentucky Colonels

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 in 2006, Keathley spent one season as the head assistant coach for the Rio-Grande Valley Silverados, also in the ABA

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.

East Kentucky Miners (CBA)

Since leaving the Silverados in 2007, Keathley has served as the head coach of the East Kentucky Miners

East Kentucky Miners

The East Kentucky Miners are a professional basketball team in the American Basketball Association that began play as a member of the Continental Basketball Association in the 2007-2008 season...

, a professional team in the CBA

Continental Basketball Association

The Continental Basketball Association was a professional men's basketball league in the United States, which has been on hiatus since the 2009 season.- History :...

. Most recently, in 2009, Kevin Keathley was named one of the top 10 Coaches not in the NBA www.probasketballnews.com

Author

Keathley has written a book on the game of basketball entitled Hardwood Constitution: A Blueprint to Coaching Success, ISBN 1-59330-221-5.

External links

• Official East Kentucky Miners Bio