Kevin Andre Keatts (born July 28, 1972) is an American college basketball coach.
His father was a masonry instructor at Amherst County High School, and Keatts worked as his apprentice on the weekends.
As starting quarterback, Keatts led the football team to be ranked the best in the state, losing only one game his entire career.
[2] He played basketball for Ferrum College, averaging 13.3 points per game by his senior year.
[3] Keatts began his coaching career as an assistant at Southwestern Michigan College for the 1996–97 season.
[5] He coached several future NBA players at Hargrave including Marreese Speights and Mike Scott.
[6] On March 27, 2014, he was named the head coach of UNC Wilmington (UNCW), succeeding Buzz Peterson.
[10] On March 17, 2017, Keatts became the 23rd head coach at North Carolina State University, succeeding Mark Gottfried.
[11] Keatts is the first Wolfpack head coach to defeat Duke, North Carolina, and Wake Forest in his first attempt since Tal Stafford during the 1918–19 season.