Lloyd Eugene Keady (born May 21, 1936) is an American Hall of Fame basketball coach.

He is best known for his 25 years serving as the head men's basketball coach at Purdue University in Indiana.

[5] The highlight of his early coaching career came in 1973 when Hutchinson finished second in the junior college national tournament after completing the season with 29 wins and 4 losses.

Following the 1974 season, Keady moved into NCAA Division I college basketball and became an assistant coach for Arkansas.

Head coach Eddie Sutton and Keady made the Razorbacks into a perennial national contender.

Although they lost a close game to Kentucky, making it to the Final Four was a huge success for Keady and Sutton.

Notable players that were recruited by Keady include Ron Brewer, Marvin Delph and Sidney Moncrief.

The team improved in his second year to 21–8 and be named the regular season Ohio Valley Conference Co-Champions.

While at Western Kentucky, Keady and assistant coach Bruce Weber compiled an overall record of 38–19 (.667).

Gene Keady became the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball head coach on April 11, 1980.

Keady retired from coaching following the 2004–2005 season after leading Purdue to 18 NCAA tournament appearances.

While coaching at Purdue, Keady was quoted saying, "Recruiting is a lot like shaving, if you miss a day, you look like a bum.

As the head coach of various USA Basketball teams, Keady racked up a record of 22–2 (.917) in four different tournaments from 1979 to 1991.

He led Team USA to two gold medals: one in 1979 at the National Sports Festival, and another in 1989 at the World University Games.

Keady also grabbed the silver medal in 1985 at the R. Williams Jones Cup (the 9th edition of the tournament) losing to the San Miguel Beer Team (Philippines) 108–100 OT.

On December 6, 2005, Keady accepted the position of an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors offered to him by senior basketball adviser to the president, Wayne Embry.