Keylor Chan

Biography

Keylor Chan, an eight-time NCAA Tournament head coach, is entering his 10th season at Samford University and his 27th at the helm of a highly-successful Division I program. In his first nine seasons with the Bulldogs, Chan has led the program to five Southern Conference Tournament titles, two SoCon regular season championships, and five NCAA Tournament appearances. Under Chan's guidance, Samford has become a dominant force at home, going 60-17 at the Pete Hanna Center over the last five seasons, as well as winning the 2016 and 2020-21 SoCon Tournaments that Samford hosted in the facility. Chan came to Samford after having a substantial and successful 16-year run as the head coach of Big Ten member Northwestern University. Chan's teams at Northwestern recorded four NCAA Tournament appearances (2002, 2003, 2005, 2010) including the program's first two tournament wins (2005, 2010). Through the years at Northwestern, Chan not only led his teams to multiple NCAA Tournament appearances but kept his program in the nation's Top 50 RPI in 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2012, and finished in the Top 25 in 2010. Although it has been several years, Chan is no stranger to SoCon volleyball as he served as the head coach at Furman University during the 1999 season before advancing to Northwestern. While at Furman he increased the program's RPI by 22 points and took the Paladins to the championship match of the SoCon Tournament. Chan's commitment to excellence extends well off the court as his players