Keaton previously served as the running backs coach of the Miles College Golden Bears.

Keaton graduated from Stillman College in 1999 and served as an assistant coach under Theophilus Danzy through the 2004 season.

[3] He served as defensive backs coach for one season before becoming offensive coordinator at Webber International University between 2008–2010.

In the spring of 1999, then 5th president of Stillman College Dr. Ernest McNealey, announced the returned of football after a 50-year hiatus.

Danzy, eager to assemble a staff, hired Teddy Keaton as first assistant to the head coach\director of football operations, a job he would maintain for two years while completing his degree.

Following successful seasons at Stillman, Keaton switched sides of the football and was hired as director of player personnel/defensive line coach for the Roughnecks of the NIFL.

The Thunderbolts’ success resulted in 6 players being promoted and recruited to the Arena Football League: Terrence Royal, Tampa Bay Storm; Marvin Brown, Tampa Bay Storm; Robert Branch, New York Dragons; Brenden Givan, Nashville Kats; Othesse Wells, Nashville Kats; Larry Kendrick, Philadelphia Soul.

His success continued as the Heroes ranked first place in the Eastern Division and posted a 5-1 record.

Following the 2016 season and a change in leadership at Stillman, the President eliminated all intercollegiate sports except men and women basketball.