Updated at 4:28 p.m., Friday, April 6, 2007
UCLA assistant Keating to coach Santa Clara basketball
Associated Press
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Santa Clara hired UCLA assistant Kerry Keating as its new head coach today to replace the retired Dick Davey.Keating, 35, served as assistant at UCLA for four seasons, including the Bruins' back-to-back runs to the Final Four in 2006-07. UCLA posted a 91-41 record during his tenure.
Keating becomes the 14th head coach for the Broncos in the team's 100-year history, and only the fifth head coach since Bob Feerick led the program in 1950.
Davey, the West Coast Conference coach of the year, led the Broncos to three straight WCC championships in the mid-1990s and a 251-190 overall record in 15 seasons. He served as assistant coach for 15 years before taking the head coaching job, where he became known for his personable style and argyle sweaters.
Keating got his start as a student assistant coach at Seton Hall in 1993. He worked in various assistant positions at Wake Forest, Appalachian State, Vanderbilt, Tulsa and Tennessee before joining UCLA.
Keating also applied for the University of Hawai'i head coaching job.
