(1936-05-21) May 21, 1936 (age 88) Larned, Kansas, U.S.
Playing career
1954–1956
Garden City CC
1956–1958
Kansas State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1959–1965
Beloit Jr-Sr HS (KS)
1965–1966
Hutchinson JC (assistant)
1966–1974
Hutchinson JC
1975–1978
Arkansas (assistant)
1978–1980
Western Kentucky
1980–2005
Purdue
2005–2006
Toronto Raptors (assistant)
2010–2015
St. John's (assistant)
Head coaching record
Overall
737–340 (.684) (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
6 Big Ten regular season (1984, 1987, 1988, 1994–1996) OVC regular season (1980) OVC Tournament (1980) 6 Jayhawk Conference (1967, 1968, 1971–1974)
Awards
7× Big Ten Coach of the Year (1984, 1988, 1990, 1994–1996, 2000) 6× National Coach of the Year (1984, 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000) NJCAA Hall of Fame (1990) Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (2001)[1] John R. Wooden Legends of Coaching Award (2007)
Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2023 (profile)
College Basketball Hall of Fame Inducted in 2013
Medal record
Head Coach for United States
William Jones Cup
1985 Jones Cup
Head Coach
World University Games
1989 Duisburg
Head coach
Pan American Games
1991 Havana
Head coach
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney
Team
Lloyd Eugene Keady (born May 21, 1936) is an American Hall of Fame basketball coach. He is best known for his 25 years serving as the head men's basketball coach at Purdue University in Indiana. In his tenure leading the Boilermakers from 1980 to 2005, he went to the NCAA Tournament seventeen times, twice advancing to the Elite Eight.
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over the head coaching job from the winningest coach in school history, GeneKeady, becoming the second former Boilermaker basketball player to take the...
Athletic Association (NJCAA) Hall of Fame, joining his Purdue coach (GeneKeady) as a NJCAA Hall of Fame member. Landry transferred to Purdue University...
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his honor. Lambert is now third on Purdue's all-time wins list behind GeneKeady and current head coach Matt Painter. Lambert also coached Purdue's baseball...
Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, to play under head coach GeneKeady and assistant coaches Frank Kendrick and Bruce Weber. Cardinal was redshirted...