Larry Keating (athletic director)

Larry Keating is the former athletic director for Seton Hall University; a position he held from 1985 to 1997. Under his tenure at Seton Hall the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team advanced to the championship game of the 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four.[1] He resigned from his position at Seton Hall in 1997 after refusing to fire the men's basketball coach, George Blaney.[2] He is currently the special assistant to the athletics director at the University of Kansas, where he is in charge of scheduling basketball and football games.[1]

Career

He graduated from Stonehill College,[3] in 1966, where he was a member of the men's basketball team.[4] His first coaching job was at Stonehill College.[5] After serving for a coach at Stonehill College, he was an assistant coach for the Hofstra University men's basketball team.[6] From 1979 to 1985, he was the athletic director at Adelphi University.[3][7] From 1985 to 1997, he was the athletic director at Seton Hall University.[1] From 1997 to 1999, he was the president and general manager of the Trenton Shooting Stars basketball team.[8] From 1999 to 2001, he worked as an administrator for the IBL. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Assistant Commissioner for Basketball/Football Operations for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).[1][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Larry Keating". University of Kansas Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Seton Hall basketball coach fired, AD resigns".
  3. 1 2 "Larry Keating, athletic director at Adelphi University for six..."
  4. ↑ "Stonehill". Stonehill.
  5. ↑ "RCW: From the office of ... Larry Keating - Kansas Jayhawks". Kansas Jayhawks.
  6. ↑ "The Official Online Home of Hofstra University Pride Athletics". gohofstra.com.
  7. ↑ "Adelphi University Athletics". aupanthers.com.
  8. ↑ "EXECUTIVE TRANSACTIONS". www.sportsbusinessdaily.com.
  9. ↑ "SPORTS TRANSACTIONS FOR MONDAY, JULY 16+".
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