12 Facts About Kevin Keatts

Kevin Andre Keatts was born on July 28,1972 and is an American college basketball coach who was most recently the head coach at North Carolina State University.

Kevin Keatts's father was a masonry instructor at Amherst County High School, and Keatts worked as his apprentice on the weekends.

Kevin Keatts attended Heritage High School and played point guard on their basketball team as well as quarterback on their football team.

Kevin Keatts played basketball for Ferrum College, averaging 13.3 points per game by his senior year.

Kevin Keatts then went to Hargrave Military Academy as an assistant coach for two seasons before being promoted to head coach in 1999.

In 2001, Kevin Keatts moved to Marshall as an assistant coach to Greg White.

Kevin Keatts returned to Hargrave in 2003 and served as the head coach until 2011.

Kevin Keatts coached several future NBA players at Hargrave including Marreese Speights and Mike Scott.

Kevin Keatts then joined the staff of Rick Pitino at Louisville and was a part of the Cardinals' 2013 NCAA Division I national championship team which was later vacated by the NCAA due to recruiting violations.

On March 17,2017, Kevin Keatts became the 23rd head coach at North Carolina State University, succeeding Mark Gottfried.

However, Kevin Keatts' team rallied to win five games in five days in the ACC Tournament, including wins over No 15 seed Louisville, No 7 seed Syracuse, No 2 seed and No 11 ranked Duke, No 3 seed Virginia, and No 1 seed and No 4 ranked North Carolina to earn the ACC's automatic NCAA tournament bid.

On March 9,2025, NC State announced that Kevin Keatts would be fired at the conclusion of the season.