Floyd Keith
{{Short description|American football coach}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Floyd Keith
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|8|22}}
| birth_place = St. Marys, Ohio, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| coach_years1 = 1970–1973
| coach_team1 = Miami (OH) (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1974–1978
| coach_team2 = Colorado (OB/WR)
| coach_years3 = 1979–1982
| coach_team3 = Howard
| coach_years4 = 1983
| coach_team4 = Arizona (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1984–1992
| coach_team5 = Indiana (assistant)
| coach_years6 = 1993–1999
| coach_team6 = Rhode Island
| overall_record = 46–70–2
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 Yankee New England Division (1995)
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Floyd A. Keith (born August 22, 1948) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Howard University from 1979 to 1982 and at the University of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1999, compiling a career college football record of 46–70–2.{{cite news |author= |title=Will Coach Howard U. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41160893/the_daily_herald/ |newspaper=Daily Herald |location=Provo, Utah |agency=United Press International |date=January 28, 1979 |page=8 |access-date=December 27, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Floyd Keith resigns as Rhode Island coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41160649/the_south_bend_tribune/ |newspaper=South Bend Tribune |location=South Bend, Indiana |agency=Associated Press |date=November 9, 1999 |page=14 |access-date=December 27, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} He was a college football coach for 30 years, from 1970 to 1999. Keith was the executive director of the Black Coaches Association from 2001 to 2013.{{cite news |last=Alesia |first=Mark |title=Group wants more minority coaches |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41160429/hattiesburg_american/ |newspaper=Hattiesburg American |location=Hattiesburg, Mississippi |date=October 25, 2002 |page=5B |access-date=December 27, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} In 2013, he became the CEO of PPA Professional Services, a professional development and consulting group. Presently, he is working as a sales manager for the Indianapolis Marriott East hotel in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Coaching career
After graduating from Ohio Northern University in 1970, Keith was hired as an assistant at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio under head coach Bill Mallory. He was placed in charge of the wingbacks and split ends, replacing Tirrel Burton, who had moved on to the University of Michigan.{{cite news |author= |title=Miami Fills Coach Holes |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/41161054/the_cincinnati_enquirer/ |newspaper=The Cincinnati Enquirer |location=Cincinnati, Ohio |date=July 2, 1970 |page=56 |access-date=December 27, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Howard Bison
| conf = Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
| startyear = 1979
| endyear = 1982
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1979
| name = Howard
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1980
| name = Howard
| overall = 6–2–2
| conference = 2–2–1
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1981
| name = Howard
| overall = 6–4
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = 4th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1982
| name = Howard
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–4th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Howard
| overall = 23–17–2
| confrecord = 8–11–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Rhode Island Rams
| conf = Yankee Conference
| startyear = 1993
| endyear = 1996
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Rhode Island
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 5th (New England)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Rhode Island
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–5th (New England)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 1995
| name = Rhode Island
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 6–2
| confstanding = 1st (New England)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1996
| name = Rhode Island
| overall = 4–6
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 5th (New England)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Rhode Island Rams
| conf = Atlantic 10 Conference
| startyear = 1997
| endyear = 1999
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Rhode Island
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 4th (New England)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Rhode Island
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = 5th (New England)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Rhode Island
| overall = 1–10
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 10th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Rhode Island
| overall = 23–53
| confrecord = 17–39
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 46–70–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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