Keith Urgo
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head Coach |
| Team | Fordham |
| Conference | Atlantic 10 |
| Record | 7–1 (.875) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 25, 1980 Washington, D.C. |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2002 | Fairfield |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2007 | Gonzaga College HS (DC) (assistant) |
| 2007–2008 | Villanova (video assistant) |
| 2008–2010 | Villanova (Director of Basketball Operations) |
| 2010–2012 | Villanova (assistant) |
| 2012–2021 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | Fordham (Associate HC) |
| 2022–present | Fordham |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 7–1 (.875) |
Keith Urgo is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Fordham Rams men's basketball program in the Atlantic 10 Conference.[1]
Early years and playing career
Urgo was born in Washington D.C. to parents originally from Brooklyn, his father attended Fordham.[2] Urgo attended Gonzaga College High School. For college, he attended Fairfield University where he was a dual sport athlete, playing basketball and lacrosse.[3]
Coaching career
After graduating from college, Urgo founded the non-profit organization, Playing for Peace.[4] He began his coaching career in 2004 as an assistant coach for Gonzaga College High School, his former high school before leaving in 2008 for Villanova, where he started off as a video assistant before becoming the teams director of basketball operations.[1] In 2012 he was hired by Penn State, where he served as an assistant head coach for 10 years.[5] In 2021 he was hired as the associate head coach for Fordham under Kyle Neptune.
On April 28, 2022 Urgo was named the head coach of Fordham following the departure of Neptune to Villanova.[6][7]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | Fordham | 7–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Fordham: | 7–1 (.875) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 7–1 (.875) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ a b "Keith Urgo - Head Coach - Staff Directory". Fordham University Athletics.
- ^ "Keith Urgo getting 'indescribable' chance as Fordham's new basketball coach". 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Keith Urgo College Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com.
- ^ "Counselor shares experiences using basketball to seek peace". July 30, 2003.
- ^ "Keith Urgo - Men's Basketball Coach". Penn State University Athletics.
- ^ "NCAA Coaching Carousel: Fordham Officially Elevates Keith Urgo to Head Coach". Forbes.
- ^ "Keith Urgo Named Head Men's Basketball Coach at Fordham University". Fordham University Athletics.
- Living people
- American men's basketball coaches
- American men's basketball players
- College men's basketball head coaches in the United States
- Fordham Rams men's basketball coaches
- Fairfield University alumni
- Villanova Wildcats men's basketball coaches
- Penn State Nittany Lions basketball coaches
- Fairfield Stags men's basketball players
- 1980 births