Tom Keele | |
Birth Date: | 20 August 1933 |
Player Years1: | 1957–1959 |
Player Team1: | Oregon |
Player Positions: | Tackle |
Coach Years1: | 1960–1961 |
Coach Team1: | North Eugene HS (OR) (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1962 |
Coach Team2: | Oregon City HS (OR) |
Coach Years3: | 1963 |
Coach Team3: | Sheldon HS (OR) |
Coach Years4: | 1965 |
Coach Team4: | Puget Sound (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1966–? |
Coach Team5: | San Jose State (line) |
Coach Years6: | 1969–1973 |
Coach Team6: | Hawaii (assistant) |
Coach Years7: | 1974–1975 |
Coach Team7: | Washington State (assistant) |
Coach Years8: | 1976 |
Coach Team8: | BC Lions (DL) |
Coach Years9: | 1977–1978 |
Coach Team9: | Long Beach State (OC) |
Coach Years10: | 1979–1985 |
Coach Team10: | Cal State Northridge |
Coach Years11: | 1986 |
Coach Team11: | Weber State (LB) |
Coach Years12: | 1987–1991 |
Coach Team12: | California (OL) |
Overall Record: | 31–42–11 (college) |
Championships: | 1 CCAA (1981) 1 WFC (1983) |
Jack Thomas Keele (August 20, 1933 – November 5, 2019)[1] was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach at California State University, Northridge from 1979 to 1985, compiling a record of 31–42–1. Keele graduated from Jefferson High School in Portland Oregon in 1951. He attended the University of Oregon, where he played football for the Oregon Webfoots as a tackle from 1957 to 1959. Keele began his coaching career in 1960 at North Eugene High School in Eugene, Oregon, working two years as an assistant football coach and sophomore basketball coach. He moved to Oregon City High School in Oregon City, Oregon in 1962, serving as head football coach and leading his team to a 9–1–1 record. The following year, he was hired as head football coach at the newly-formed Sheldon High School in Eugene.[2]