The Keck File

Personal Information
Birthday	March 7
Hometown	Lindsay, Okla.
Education	Central Oklahoma, 1993 (Bachelor's) Troy, 2021 (Master's)
Playing Career	Touring Professional, 1993-98 Central Oklahoma, 1991-93 Coffeyville CC 1989-91
Wife	Cat
Children	Sawyer, Deacon, Clayton

Coaching History
2017-25	Troy - Head Coach
2016-17	Keystone Prep (Fla.) HS - Athletic Director
2014-16	Saddlebrook Resort - Golf Professional
2007-14	Tulsa - Head Coach
2005-07	Redlands CC - Head Coach
2003-05	Tabor College - Head Coach
1998-03	Altus (Okla.) High School - Head Coach

Randy Keck, a 15-year collegiate coaching veteran, begins his eighth season as the Troy University head women's golf coach in 2024-25.

Keck has led the Trojans to five straight winning seasons and guided the Trojans to a victory at the GSU Invitational during the 2023-24 season.

Alyssa Mercado posted the program's eight-best single-season stroke average last season, coming in with a 74.48 mark, and three of Keck's current players (Mercado, Laura Fangmeyer and Katelynn Altese) rank among the top nine career averages in program history.

In addition to the team victory, Troy turned in three second place finishes during the 2023-24 season and turned in the sixth-lowest 36-hole score in program history (579 at the Spring Break Shootout).

Troy and Keck put together a record-breaking season in 2022-23, where the Trojans established new school records at both the 54 and 36-hole thresholds. In fact, Troy posted three of the top five and the top two 54-hole tallies in program history during the 2022-23 season.

All told, 10 of Troy's top-12 54-hole scores and eight of the top 11 rounds in program history have come during Keck's tenure leading the Trojans. Additionally, the two lowest rounds in program history (ShaeLee Scarberry, 64, and Nicole Lorup, 65) have occurred under Keck's watch, while four of the top six individual rounds have happened during his time at Troy.

Keck's golfers have been responsible for the top three 54-hole totals in program history and seven of the top 12.

Individually, seven of the top 10 single-season scoring averages, including Lorup's program-best 72.56 average during the 2019-20 season, have occurred during Keck's tenure, while eight of the top 10 golfers on Troy's career stroke average list played for Keck.

During the 2022-23 season, Troy shot an 854 to finish in second place at The Atlantic Invitational and set a new program record for the lowest 54-hole total. The mark broke the record set earlier that season after the Trojans shot 866 and finished third at the Jupiter Women's Invitational.

The Trojans finished fifth at the Sun Belt Championship in both 2021 and 2022 with multiple top-five team finishes. Scarberry had four top-10 individual finishes during the 2021-22 season after recording five in 2020-21.

Keck led the Trojans to three victories in last year's COVID-shortened seasons which was the most by a Troy squad since the 2015-16 season. Lorup finished second in the Sun Belt with a 72.56 stroke average and posted the lowest round of the year by a league golfer with a 7-under 65.

Three Trojans won individual titles during the 2019-20 season, as Lorup won a pair of tournaments and newcomer Scarberry won once. True freshman Elisabeth Preus finished the year with the second-best stroke average by a freshman in the Sun Belt at 74.60, while three of the top 10 single-season stroke averages in school history came during the season – Lourp, Scarberry and Preus.

The Trojans shot the second-lowest round in school history with an 8-under 280 and the third-lowest 54-hole total with an 11-over 875.

In his first season, Keck led the Trojans to a second-place finish at the Sun Belt Championship and a victory at the Mimosa Hills Intercollegiate despite taking over a roster that lost three of its top four golfers from the previous season.

Troy registered a victory over LSU in Keck's initial season and the Trojans turned in some of the best scores in school history with the 10th-best team round, fourth-best and 10th-best 36-hole scores and the fifth-best 54-hole score.

Keck, the 2012 Conference USA Coach of the Year, served as the head coach at the University of Tulsa for seven seasons, where he led the Golden Hurricane to a pair of Conference USA titles and eight overall tournament victories.

Tulsa advanced to an NCAA Regional in four of his seven seasons at the helm of the program, competed in the 2008 NCAA Championship, was ranked in the top-20 nationally and graduated its student-athletes at a 98 percent rate.

Following his career at Tulsa, Keck served as the Director of Recruitment and Senior Golf Instructor at Saddlebrook Prep Academy in Wesley Chapel, Fla., for two years and most recently as the Director of Athletics at Keystone Prep High School in Odessa, Fla., for the past year.

Keck came to Tulsa after three years as the head coach at Redlands (Okla.) Community College, where his teams placed among the top-three at the NJCAA national championship each season, including winning the 2006 NJCAA National Championship.

In his three years, Redlands CC captured 13 tournament titles and placed either first or second in over 50 percent of its tournament appearances. He coached the individual NJCAA National Champion in both 2005 and 2006 and was named the 2006 NJCAA Golf Coach of the Year.

Prior to his stint at Redlands, Keck spent two years as the head coach at Tabor College. He coached both the men's and women's golf teams and was named the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2004.

Before that, he spent four seasons as the head golf coach at Altus (Okla.) High School. In his final season, Altus placed second in the 2002 state tournament and he earned Oklahoma High School Golf Coach of the Year accolades.