Keller, a graduate of Rocky Mountain College, joins the Battlin' Bears after many years of coaching experience in Montana, including 15 seasons as a head coach in the Frontier Conference for Montana Western and most recently the University of Providence. He has been named Frontier Conference Coach of the Year five times. Keller's Argos were the Frontier Conference runner-ups in the 2022-23 season.Â
Before all of his accomplishments in the Frontier Conference, Keller had already put together after a successful career at the high school level. He began as the head girls basketball coach at Opheim High School, then coaching at Helena High School, where he coached six different state championship teams between the two schools, finishing with a 610-180 overall record as a high school coach. Keller was named MCA Coach of the Year six times and was inducted into the Montana Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2005.Â
Coach Keller returns to the Battlin' Bears nearly 45 years after he graduated from Rocky Mountain College in 1978. He played baseball for another Rocky Mountain College Athletics Hall of Famer C.R. Stiffler from 1975-1978 while earning his degree in History. Keller was inducted into the Rocky Mountain College Clara Klindt Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017.Â
Keller holds a perfect record as Montana's coach in the Midland Roundtable Montana-Wyoming All-Star basketball series at 20-0 since 2012.Â
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