Larry KeatingorLaurence Charles Keating Jr. (July 26, 1944 – May 25, 2021) is the former athletic director for Seton Hall University; a position he held from 1985 to 1997.[1][2] Under his tenure at Seton Hall the Seton Hall Pirates men's basketball team advanced to the championship game of the 1989 NCAA Division I Men's Final Four.[3] He resigned from his position at Seton Hall in 1997 after refusing to fire the men's basketball coach, George Blaney.[4] He is currently the special assistant to the athletics director at the University of Kansas, where he is in charge of scheduling basketball and football games.[3]
Keating was born on July 26, 1944. He was a native of Long Island, New York.[5] He graduated from Stonehill College in 1966.[6] While there, he was a member of the men's basketball team.[7] He then served in the military in Vietnam.[5]
His first coaching job was at Stonehill College.[8] After serving for a coach at Stonehill College, he was an assistant coach for the Hofstra University men's basketball team.[9] From 1979 to 1985, he was the athletic director at Adelphi University.[6][10] From 1985 to 1997, he was the athletic director at Seton Hall University.[3] From 1997 to 1999, he was the president and general manager of the Trenton Shooting Stars basketball team.[11] From 1999 to 2001, he worked as an administrator for the IBL. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Assistant Commissioner for Basketball/Football Operations for the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).[3][12]
Keating served on the NCAA Council and chaired the NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee for four years.[13] He retired in April 2019.[5] Also in April 2019, he was inducted into the Seton Hall Athletics Hall of Fam.[5]
Keating's wife was Jaime.[13] They had a son, Kerry, and two daughters Jaime and Katie.[13] He died at the age of 76 on May 21, 2021 at his home in Southport, North Carolina.[13]
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