Bio

Keith Windom helped engineer a turnaround of the Gulf Coast men’s basketball program in 2023-24, with the Bulldogs one win away from a trip to the national championship tournament. He’s back for his third season in 2024-25. He has a wealth of experience, including as a junior college player and coach.

The Bulldogs went 19-10 in 2023-24 and finished third in the MACCC with a 9-5 mark. They won eight more games than the year to return to the postseason. Gulf Coast won twice in the NJCAA Region 23 Tournament, losing by two points in the championship game.

In 2022-23, Windom oversaw the academic efforts which saw the team win MACCC All-Academic Team of the Year. They had a 3.31 GPA, highest among all men’s basketball teams in the conference. Darius Dawson also earned All-MACCC honors.

He spent the previous six seasons as an assistant coach at St. Petersburg College in Florida. Windom helped led the Titans to Suncoast Conference and NJCAA Region 8 titles and a berth in the NJCAA Tournament quarterfinals. In his first two season there, the Titans ranked in the top 10 in the country in field goal defense by Synergy Sports. He coached 13 members of the All-Conference First Team, 12 on the Second Team, and an FCSAA Player of the Year, two Hal Chasey Academic Players of the Year for the state of Florida and NJCAA All-American.

Windom coached two years at the OnPoint Hoops Academy in El Reno, Oklahoma, and previously was an assistant at his alma mater, South High School in his hometown of Wichita, Kansas.

He had been a four-year letterman there and was a McDonald’s All-American nominee. He was twice named All-City by the Wichita Eagle newspaper and earned Class 6A All-State honors as a senior. Windom averaged 21 points his final two seasons in high school.

Windom went on to play at Hutchinson Community College, where the team was in the top 10 in the country as a freshman. He started every game as a sophomore and was All-Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference. He went on to play at Pittsburg State, where he started all 28 games as a senior and led the team in assists and steals. He was named All-Conference Honorable Mention in the Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association. He led the team in 3-point field goals and steals as a junior, starting 11 of 31 games.

Windom has a bachelor’s in general studies from Pittsburg State and a master’s in coaching and athletics administration from Concordia University Irvine.