Lloyd Eugene Keady was just named a finalist for the 2021 class of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. We of course know him better as Gene Keady. The legend. The namesake of Keady Court. The gruff man who roamed the sideline for 25 years as the Boilermakers’ head man. What an honor it would be.
Coach Keady was hired by Purdue in 1980, five years before I was born, and was the coach until 2005 when he handed the reigns off to Matt Painter. During those 25 years Coach Keady had one heck of a run.