18 Facts About Keith Dambrot

Keith Brett Dambrot was born on October 26,1958 and is an American former college basketball coach who was most recently the men's basketball head coach of Duquesne University.

Keith Dambrot is a three-time Mid-American Conference Coach of the Year.

Keith Dambrot attended Firestone High School, playing baseball and point guard in basketball for the school teams.

Keith Dambrot graduated in 1982 with a degree in management.

Keith Dambrot's first basketball coaching job came while he was a college student, when he helped coach the high school junior varsity at his alma mater Firestone, and they won the Akron City Series JV championship.

Keith Dambrot began his head coaching career at Division II schools Tiffin University for two seasons from 1984 to 1986 and at Ashland University for two seasons from 1989 to 1991, At Ashland, he led his team each year into the NCAA D-II men's basketball tournament.

Keith Dambrot coached the team for two seasons, and was fired for making a controversial comment before a game against Miami University.

Keith Dambrot had asked the players if he could use a controversial word in addressing the team before he actually did, and they agreed, but he still was fired.

Keith Dambrot eventually lost the suit, though the students prevailed in overturning the school's language policy.

Keith Dambrot was only able to coach at the Akron Jewish Community Center and in some summer leagues.

James took part in $1 clinics Keith Dambrot conducted at the local Jewish Community Center.

Keith Dambrot left St Vincent-St Mary in 2001 to return to coaching as an assistant at the collegiate level at his alma mater, the University of Akron.

Akron was one of only four schools - along with Duke, Gonzaga, and Kansas - to win 21 or more games in 12 seasons before Keith Dambrot left in 2017.

In 2010, Keith Dambrot was elected into the Summit County Sports Hall of Fame for his contributions at Akron St Vincent-St Mary High School and at The University of Akron as both a student-athlete and head coach.

Keith Dambrot was a finalist for the Red Auerbach Coach of the Year Award, which is awarded by the Jewish Coaches Association.

Keith Dambrot won back-to-back Mid-American Conference regular season titles in 2016 and 2017, and coach of the year honors those seasons.

On March 30,2017, Keith Dambrot was named the 17th head coach at Duquesne in the school's 101-year history.

Steady growth and improvement under Keith Dambrot paid off for the Dukes in 2024, as they won four consecutive games to claim the 2024 Atlantic 10 men's basketball tournament and their first NCAA Tournament bid since 1977.