Matt Keeley

Matt Keeley is the Northwest [Missouri State Bearcats men's basketball|men's basketball] head coach at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri.

Life

Keeley was raised in Great Bend, Kansas. He played college basketball at MidAmerica Nazarene University under head coach Rocky Lamar, where the school made 4 NAIA [Division II men's basketball championship|NAIA Division II] tournament appearances during his playing career, including 2 quarterfinal runs and a national championship appearance in NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament|2001]. Keeley was a 2-time All-American at MNU and led the NAIA in assists in 2004 on his way to winning HAAC player of the year honors.
After a decade of assistant coaching stops at Washburn and MNU, Keeley became the head coach at Ottawa University Arizona in 2017, where he took them to 3 straight tournament appearances, including a NCCAA national championship appearance in 2021 and NAIA Fab Four appearance in 2023. During this time, he was named the NCCAA National Coach of the Year in 2023.