K.C. Keeler is entering his 10th season as Sam Houston head coach. It will be the Bearkats first as an FBS member after transitioning from the FCS.
K.C. Keeler Coaching Record
Keeler has been a head coach at three different schools, all in different levels of college football.
- 1993 – Rowan – 11-2 (5-0)
- 1994 – Rowan – 6-3 (3-2)
- 1995 – Rowan – 10-3-1 (5-0)
- 1996 – Rowan – 10-3 (4-1)
- 1997 – Rowan – 11-1 (5-0)
- 1998 – Rowan – 10-3 (4-1)
- 1999 – Rowan – 12-2 (4-1)
- 2000 – Rowan – 7-2 (5-1)
- 2001 – Rowan – 11-2 (5-1)
- 2002 – Delaware – 6-6 (4-5, A-10)
- 2003 – Delaware – 15-1 (8-1)
- 2004 – Delaware – 9-4 (7-1)
- 2005 – Delaware – 6-5 (3-5)
- 2006 – Delaware – 5-6 (4-5)
- 2007 – Delaware – 11-4 (5-3, CAA)
- 2008 – Delaware – 4-8 (2-6)
- 2009 – Delaware – 6-5 (4-4)
- 2010 – Delaware – 12-3 (6-2)
- 2011 – Delaware – 7-4 (5-3)
- 2012 – Delaware – 5-6 (2-6)
- 2014 – Sam Houston State – 11-5 (7-1, Southland)
- 2015 – Sam Houston State – 11-4 (7-2)
- 2016 – Sam Houston State – 12-1 (9-0)
- 2017 – Sam Houston State – 12-2 (8-1)
- 2018 – Sam Houston State – 6-5 (5-4)
- 2019 – Sam Houston State – 7-5 (6-3)
- 2020 – Sam Houston State – 10-0 (6-0)
- 2021 – Sam Houston – 11-1 (6-0, WAC)
- 2022 – Sam Houston – 5-4
K.C. Keeler Career
Keeler began coaching in 1981 as an assistant for Amherst.
- 1981-1982 – Amherst – Assistant
- 1986-1992 – Rowan – Assistant
- 1993-2001 – Rowan – Head Coach
- 2002-2012 – Delaware – Head Coach
- 2014-present – Sam Houston State/Sam Houston – Head Coach
Did K.C. Keeler Play CFB?
Keeler played for Delware from 1978-1980. He signed a free agent deal with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1982 and was in training camp for two seasons with the Eagles before playing for the Jacksonville Bulls of the USFL in 1984.