Spec Keene returned to Oregon State to serve as athletic director, he served in that post for 26 years and was President of the Pacific Coast Conference Athletics Directors Association.
Following World War II, in 1947, Keene returned to Oregon State to serve as athletic director. He served in that post for 26 years, the longest tenure of any Oregon State athletic director. Keene was President of the Pacific Coast Conference Athletics Directors Association and served on the executive committee of the NCAA. 
