Brad Keller
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUSC
ConferencePac-12
Biographical details
Born (1979-12-30) December 30, 1979
Alma materLoyola Marymount University, 2002
Playing career
1998-2002LMU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2007-2010USC (men) (assistant coach)
2011UC Irvine (men) (assistant coach)
2011UConn (women) (assistant coach)
2013-2018UCLA (men) (assistant coach)
2019UCLA (women) (Associate Coach)
Head coaching record
Tournaments4-4

Brad Keller (born December 30, 1979) is a volleyball coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at the University of Southern California. Keller has also been an assistant coach for the USC men's volleyball, UC Irvine men's volleyball, UConn women's volleyball, UCLA men's volleyball. He was most recently an associate head coach for UCLA women's volleyball for the 2019 season.

Personal

Brad Keller grew up in Northern California, having graduated from Bellarmine College Prep. He has a younger brother, Jarod, who played libero for Stanford (2006-2009).[1]

College playing career

Keller played at Loyola Marymount University for the 1999 and 2000 seasons before the school dropped the program. Keller graduate from LMU in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in graphic design with a minor in marketing.[2]

Before college coaching

Keller was the owner, director, and a coach of Bay to Bay, a boys’ volleyball club in Northern California, from 2000 to 2006. His club won a pair of silver medals at the Junior Olympics and produced numerous NCAA Division I student-athletes.[2]

Coaching career

Brad Keller got his collegiate coaching start with the men's volleyball team at USC. He coached the Trojans for four seasons that included a run to the 2009 NCAA Tournament Finals. He coached two All-Americans during his first tenure with the Trojans.[3] In 2011, he coached both the UC Irvine men's volleyball program and UConn women's volleyball program. At UC Irvine, he would coach under John Speraw, a head coach that he would coach under for another six years with UCLA men's volleyball team.

With the UCLA men's volleyball team, Keller helped guide the Bruins to a 2016 NCAA Tournament Semifinals appearance and 2018 NCAA Tournament Finals appearance. In January 2019, Keller moved down the hall at the Morgan Center, and became the associate head coach for the UCLA women's volleyball team. Keller helped bring in four top-ranked recruiting classes, and ten Bruins were named All-Americans during his tenure in Westwood.[4]

On February 20, Keller was named the head coach for the USC women's volleyball team after Brent Crouch left USC to take the Auburn women's volleyball head coaching position.

Year School Conference Gender Role Record Finish
2007 USC MPSF Men Assistant 13-20 MPSF Tournament Play-In
2008 USC MPSF Men Assistant 15-20
2009 USC MPSF Men Assistant 21-12 NCAA Finals
2010 USC MPSF Men Assistant 21-15
2011 UC Irvine MPSF Men Assistant 19-12 MPSF Semifinals
2011 [A 1] UConn Big East Women Assistant 14-15
2013 [B 1] UCLA MPSF Men Assistant 20-11 MPSF Semifinals
2014 UCLA MPSF Men Assistant 18-11 MPSF Quarterfinals
2015 UCLA MPSF Men Assistant 13-14 MPSF Quarterfinals
2016 UCLA MPSF Men Assistant 25-7 NCAA Tournament Semifinals
2017 UCLA MPSF Men Assistant 17-10 MPSF Quarterfinals
2018 UCLA MPSF Men Assistant 26-8 NCAA Tournament Finals
2019 [C 1] UCLA Pac-12 Women Associate 19-12 NCAA Tournament Second Round
Total 241-167
  1. ↑ NCAA women's volleyball is played during the fall, while men's volleyball is played during the spring, so Keller coached both the UC Irvine men's volleyball team and UConn women's volleyball team in 2012.
  1. ↑ Keller coached the Santa Clara women's volleyball team in the spring 2012, but never coached them during their playing season. He resigned during the summer of 2012 to take an assistant coaching position with the UCLA men's volleyball.
  1. ↑ Keller started the 2019 year with the men's volleyball team but moved to the women's team to accept an associate head coaching position.

References

  1. ↑ "Player Bio: Jarod Keller". Stanford Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Brad Keller Named USC Women's Volleyball Head Coach". USC Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Brad Keller Named Assistant Volleyball Coach". UConn Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
  4. ↑ "USC Staff Directory Bio". USC Athletics. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
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