George Keogan
# George Keogan

George E. Keogan (March 8, 1890 – February 17, 1943) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach, most known for coaching basketball at the University of Notre Dame from 1923 to 1943. Keogan never had a losing season in his 20 years at Notre Dame.

The Minnesota Lake, Minnesota native attended University of Minnesota from 1909 to 1913. He began coaching high school varsities after his freshman year in college, guiding first Lockport High School (1910–1911) followed by Riverside High School (1911–1912). Meanwhile, he was also coaching several college basketball teams: Charles City College in Iowa (1909–1910), Superior State Teachers College in Wisconsin (1912–1914), Saint Louis University (1914–15) and the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota (1917–1918). During World War I he served at Great Lakes Naval Training Station. After briefly coaching Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania (1919–1920) and Valparaiso, Keogan arrived at University of Notre Dame. He served as head basketball and baseball coach, as well as assistant to the legendary football coach Knute Rockne. Keogan compiled a 327–96–1 at Notre Dame.

Keogan died on February 17, 1943, of a heart attack at his home in South Bend, Indiana. After his death, Moose Krause took over his job as Notre Dame's head basketball coach. Keogan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1961 and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.

## Head coaching record

### Football

| Year | Team | Overall |
| - | - | - |
| Saint Louis Billikens (Independent) (1914–1915) ||||||
| 1914 | Saint Louis | 4–4 |
| 1915 | Saint Louis | 5–4–1 |
| Saint Louis: | Saint Louis: | 9–8–1 |
| St. Thomas Cadets (Independent) (1917) ||||||
| 1917 | St. Thomas | 4–2 |
| St. Thomas: | St. Thomas: | 4–2 |
| Valparaiso Crusaders (Independent) (1919–1920) ||||||
| 1919 | Valparaiso | 5–3 |
| 1920 | Valparaiso | 5–3 |
| Valparaiso: | Valparaiso: | 10–6 |
| Total: | Total: | 23–16–1 |

### Basketball

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - |
| Saint Louis Billikens (Independent) (1914–1916) ||||||
| 1914–15 | Saint Louis | 9–6 | |
| 1915–16 | Saint Louis | 13–6 | |
| Saint Louis: | Saint Louis: | 22–12 (.647) | |
| Valparaiso Crusaders (Independent) (1919–1921) ||||||
| 1919–20 | Valparaiso | 12–8 | |
| 1920–21 | Valparaiso | 19–5 | |
| Valparaiso: | Valparaiso: | 31–13 (.705) | |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Independent) (1923–1943) ||||||
| 1923–24 | Notre Dame | 15–8 | |
| 1924–25 | Notre Dame | 11–11 | |
| 1925–26 | Notre Dame | 19–1 | |
| 1926–27 | Notre Dame | 19–1 | Helms National Champion |
| 1927–28 | Notre Dame | 18–4 | |
| 1928–29 | Notre Dame | 15–5 | |
| 1929–30 | Notre Dame | 14–6 | |
| 1930–31 | Notre Dame | 12–8 | |
| 1931–32 | Notre Dame | 18–2 | |
| 1932–33 | Notre Dame | 16–6 | |
| 1933–34 | Notre Dame | 20–4 | |
| 1934–35 | Notre Dame | 13–9 | |
| 1935–36 | Notre Dame | 22–2 | Helms National Champion |
| 1936–37 | Notre Dame | 20–3 | |
| 1937–38 | Notre Dame | 20–3 | |
| 1938–39 | Notre Dame | 15–6 | |
| 1939–40 | Notre Dame | 15–6 | |
| 1940–41 | Notre Dame | 17–5 | |
| 1941–42 | Notre Dame | 16–6 | |
| 1942–43 | Notre Dame | 18–2 | |
| Notre Dame: | Notre Dame: | 333–98 (.773) | |
| Total: | Total: | 386-123 (.758) | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
