THE KELLER FILE

PERSONAL

Hometown: Dallas, Texas
College: Oklahoma State, 1990
Playing Experience: Oklahoma State (baseball)
Family: Chaunsea (wife), Kenzie (daughter) and Kemper (son)

COACHING CAREER

1990-94: Assistant Coach, Louisiana Tech
1994-96: Assistant Coach, Tyler Junior College
1996-97: Assistant Coach, UTSA
1997-99: Head Coach, Tyler Junior College
1999-08: Assistant Coach, Oklahoma State
2008-11: Assistant Coach, Kansas
2011-16: Assistant Coach, Texas A&M
2016-25: Head Coach, SFA
2025-: Assistant Coach, Texas A&M

Kyle Keller returned to Texas A&M in April of 2025 as an assistant coach under head coach Bucky McMillan. He has brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to the sidelines, arriving in Aggieland after nine seasons as the head coach at Stephen F. Austin and a five-year stint as an assistant coach at Texas A&M. He has also made stops at Kansas and Oklahoma State.

Overall, Keller has participated in 31 NCAA tournament games, been a part of 21 tournament wins: one Final Four, three Elite Eight's, and seven Sweet 16 games. He has coaches 31 former players that have reached the NBA.

Keller compiled a 171-94 record in nine seasons in Nacogdoches and claimed two Southland Conference championships. His 2017-18 team won the Southland Conference Tournament title to earn a berth in the NCAA Tournament and his 2019-20 squad won the regular season league crown with a 19-1 record, but saw its season cut short to the Covid-19 pandemic. He saw 20 Lumberjacks earn all-conference honors in his time at SFA.

Prior to his time at the helm at SFA, Keller served as an assistant coach on Billy Kennedy’s Texas A&M staff from 2011-16. During his first stint in Aggieland, Texas A&M advanced to the postseason three times, including a trip to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2015-16. That year the Aggies also won the SEC regular season crown and posted a school record 28 victories.

Keller was an assistant coach for two Naismith Hall of Fame coaches: Bill Self at Kansas and Eddie Sutton at his alma mater Oklahoma State. While at Kansas he helped guide the Jayhawks to Big 12 Tournament titles in 2011 and 2010, and an Elite Eight run in his final season in Lawrence. While at Oklahoma State, the Cowboys claimed a pair of Big 12 Tournament crowns and advanced to the post season in each of his nine seasons in Stillwater, including a Final Four run in 2004-05 and an Elite 8 appearance in 1999-2000.

He started his coaching career at Louisiana Tech and served as head coach at Tyler Junior College prior to becoming an assistant coach at UTSA.