Indianapolis-native Chris Keevers enters his seventh season as the UIndy head coach in 2025. After spending 25 years as an assistant at UIndy, He took over as the head man in 2019 and has compiled an impressive list of accomplishments in his relatively short time at the helm.
Keevers was voted the GLVC Coach of the Year by his peers four times in the last five years. He captured consecutive conference crowns in 2022, '23 and '24 after earning his first GLVC title in the spring of 2021. He also guided the Greyhounds to four NCAA Division II playoff appearances, while his .797 career winning percentage is tops in program history*.
Last fall, Keevers guided the Hounds to their fourth-ever 10-win regular season, as well as a third consecutive playoff appearance and GLVC title. UIndy finished the regular season with three straight 50-point performances, including a GLVC-title-clinching win versus Missouir S&T,
55-10. UIndy excelled in all facets of the game, finishing the season ranked fifth in Division II in kickoff return average, sixth in rushing defense,10th in turnover margin and 12th in total offense.
Prior to taking over the head job at UIndy, Keevers wore numerous coaching hats, working with all positions on the defensive side of the ball, while also spending time as both a special teams and strength & conditioning coach. In his 12th and final season as the Greyhound defensive coordinator in 2018, he led a unit that ranked 13th in Division II in passing defense, 15th in scoring defense and 18th in total defense.
Since UIndy football joined the Great Lakes Valley Conference in 2012, Keevers has helped the Hounds to 10 conference titles and nine NCAA Division II playoff appearances, a span that includes a 113-29 (.796) overall record and a stellar 60-9 (.870) mark at home.
Prior to joining the UIndy staff in 1994, Keevers helped Division II St. Mary’s College (Calif.) to three winning seasons as the Gaels’ defensive line, special teams and strength & conditioning coach from 1991-93. He also spent three seasons as the defensive line graduate and student assistant at Purdue, his alma mater.
As a player, Keevers’ career began at Coffeyville Community College (Kan.), where he was a Junior College All-America Honorable Mention honoree. He transferred to Big Ten-member Purdue University and excelled on the defensive line as a two-year starter.
In 1986, he earned a spot on the Boilermaker d-line and started on the same side of the ball as future NFL Hall of Famer Rod Woodson. As a senior in ‘87, Keevers was named the ABC “Player of the Game” for his performance at Iowa in October of that season, and he later won the team’s Leonard Wilson Award (for “unselfishness and dedication”). He was also nominated for the athletic department’s Red Mackey Award (for “competitive spirit, a positive attitude, loyalty, self-discipline, hard work for the best interest of the team and a willingness to help others”).
A graduate of local John Marshall Community High School, Keevers earned a communications degree in 1989 and a master’s degree in education administration in ‘91 – both at Purdue. He and wife Alexis have four children: Chris, Jessica, Tucker (who played football at UIndy from 2021-24) and Porter (a former UIndy wrestler).
RECORD AT UINDY
|
OVERALL |
GLVC |
|
| YEAR |
W |
L |
PCT |
W |
L |
PCT |
MISC |
| 2019 |
9 |
2 |
.818 |
6 |
1 |
.857 |
NCAA playoff appearance |
| 2020-21 |
3 |
0 |
1.000 |
2 |
0 |
1.000 |
GLVC champs, GLVC Coach of the Year |
| 2021 |
7 |
4 |
.636 |
5 |
2 |
.714 |
|
| 2022 |
9 |
2 |
.818 |
6 |
0 |
1.000 |
GLVC champs, playoff appearance
GLVC Co-Coach of the Year |
| 2023 |
9 |
2 |
.818 |
6 |
1 |
.857 |
GLVC champs, playoff appearance
GLVC Coach of the Year |
| 2024 |
10 |
2 |
.833 |
8 |
0 |
1.000 |
GLVC champs, playoff appearance
GLVC Coach of the Year |
| TOTAL |
47 |
12 |
.797 |
33 |
4 |
.892 |
|
* minimum three years as UIndy head coach
