Kerry Keating (born July 15, 1971) is an American

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coach and the former head men's basketball coach at Santa Clara University.

Early life and college education

Keating was born in

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and grew up in

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, on New York's Long Island. He attended

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and

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. Keating enrolled at

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in 1989 and played on the

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team as a walk-on as a freshman under coach P. J. Carlesimo. The following year, Keating became a student assistant and video coordinator on Carlesimo's staff. Keating graduated from Seton Hall in 1993.

Coaching career

Keating served as administrative assistant for Wake Forest head coach

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in the 1993–94 season. The following season, Keating joined

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's staff at Vanderbilt as an assistant coach. Keating then returned to Seton Hall University in 1995 to be an assistant coach for three seasons, first under George Blaney then under

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. Having previously worked with Buzz Peterson as assistant coaches at Vanderbilt, Keating became an assistant coach under Peterson at Appalachian State in 1998. Keating would follow Peterson to

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in 2000 and

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in 2001. In 2003, Keating joined

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's staff at

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ranked Keating as one of the nation's best recruiters of incoming talent in 2005. These accomplishments and reputation helped Keating become the 14th head coach of Santa Clara when the school decided to replace longtime coach Dick Davey. Keating signed a six-year contract through 2013 at his hiring and was extended for two years through the 2014–15 season in 2011. In October 2013, Keating signed a multi-year contract extension. He is Santa Clara University's second highest paid employee. He has led Santa Clara to the 2011 CollegeInsider.com Tournament and the 2013 College Basketball Invitational championships. Santa Clara is the first school to win both the CIT and CBI titles. Keating left Santa Clara after a nine-year tenure that saw him go 139–159 overall, and 53–88 in the WCC.

Post-Coaching

After leaving Santa Clara University, Kerry was a scouting consultant for the Houston Rockets. Kerry regularly appears as an analyst for ABC7 KGO-TV “After The Game” NBA live post-game show in San Francisco. He regularly advises tech startups through his consulting company, The Vinculum Group. Some of his companies include Hot Mic, TaskHuman, FanWide, Boost, SocialVenu, Mojo Vision, Adapt Inc., and Versalume.

Head coaching record

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