K.C. Keeler

Biography

K.C. KEELER Hometown Emmaus, Pa. College Delaware '80 Family Wife: Janice Coaching Experience Year School, Position 2025- Temple, Head Coach 2014-24 Sam Houston State, Head Coach 2002-12 Delaware, Head Coach 1993-2001 Rowan, Head Coach 1986-92 Rowan, Assistant Coach Temple University hired K.C. Keeler as the new head coach of the Temple football program on December 1, 2024. . Keeler, a championship-winning head coach who has successfully built winning programs at multiple levels of college football, brings a track record of effective recruiting in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions and elite-level coaching to the Owls’ program. “Coach Keeler has a track record of evaluating, recruiting, and developing student-athletes into championship-level young men,” Vice President/Debbie and Stanley Lefkowitz ’65 Director of Athletics Arthur Johnson said. “His leadership, experience, and the culture he establishes within programs are exactly what Temple football needs as we look to return to prominence in the competitive college football landscape. We are ecstatic to welcome K.C., his wife, Janice, and his entire family to Temple.” “Coach Keeler is a proven winner, but just as important as that, he is a proven program builder. That is exactly what he did at both the University of Delaware and Sam Houston State University,” said Temple University President John Fry. “He also led the Bearkats through a seamless transition from the FCS to the FBS, where his teams continually rose to the