{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1882–1964)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Tom Keady | image = Tom Keady - Lehigh.jpg | alt = | caption = Keady pictured in ''The Epitome 1916'', Lehigh yearbook | birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|8|18}} | birth_place = Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|1|12|1882|8|18}} | death_place = Concord, New Hampshire, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1904 | player_team2 = Dartmouth | player_sport3 = Baseball | player_years4 = 1902–1905 | player_team4 = Dartmouth | player_years5 = 1907–1908 | player_team5 = Haverhill Hustlers | player_years6 = 1908 | player_team6 = Lynn Shoemakers | player_years7 = 1908–1909 | player_team7 = Worcester Busters | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1905–1911 | coach_team2 = Dartmouth (assistant) | coach_years3 = 1912–1920 | coach_team3 = Lehigh | coach_years4 = 1921–1924 | coach_team4 = Vermont | coach_years5 = 1925–1930 | coach_team5 = Quantico Marines | coach_years6 = 1931–1933 | coach_team6 = Western Reserve | coach_sport7 = Basketball | coach_years8 = 1910–1911 | coach_team8 = Dartmouth | coach_years9 = 1912–1913 | coach_team9 = Lehigh | coach_years10 = 1921–1922 | coach_team10 = Vermont | coach_years11 = 1923–1925 | coach_team11 = Vermont | coach_sport12 = Baseball | coach_years13 = 1908–1911 | coach_team13 = Dartmouth | coach_years14 = 1912–1922 | coach_team14 = Lehigh | coach_years15 = 1923 | coach_team15 = Fordham (assistant) | coach_years16 = 1924 | coach_team16 = Vermont | overall_record = 87–48–6 (football)<br>73–23 (basketball)<br>174–131–5 (baseball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''John Thomas Keady''' (August 18, 1882 – February 12, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1912 to 1920, at the University of Vermont from 1921 to 1924, at Marine Corps Base Quantico from 1925 to 1930, and at Western Reserve University from 1931 to 1933, compiling a career college football record of 87–48–6. Keady was also the head basketball coach and the head baseball coach at Dartmouth College, Lehigh, Vermont, and Quantico.
==Early life and playing career== Keady was born on August 18, 1882, in Wakefield, Massachusetts.<ref name=telegraphobit>{{cite news |title=Nationally Known Coach 'Tom' Keady Dies In City |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uJgrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vfQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7483,4141957 |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=February 13, 1964 |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> He attended Dartmouth College, where he lettered in football and baseball.
==Coaching career== Keady was the 13th head football coach at Lehigh University) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, serving for nine seasons, from 1912 to 1920, and compiling a record at Lehigh was 56–23–3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3045 |title=Thomas "Tom" Keady Records by Year |website=cfbdatawarehouse.com |access-date=February 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327234453/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3045 |archive-date=March 27, 2016 |via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> This ranks him second among Lehigh head coaches in winning percentage at {{winpct|56|23|3}}, behind only Pete Lembo (44–14, {{winpct|44|14}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php |title=Lehigh Coaching Records |website=cfbdatawarehouse.com |access-date=February 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308034442/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |via=Wayback Machine}}</ref> Keady was the head football coach at Western Reserve University from 1931 to 1933, compiling a record of 14–9–2 in three seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.case.edu/its/archives/Coaches/keady_john.htm |title=Coach John Thomas Keady |date=September 28, 2011 |work= University Archives |publisher=Case Western Reserve University }}</ref>
==Death== Keady died at the age of 82 on February 12, 1964, in Concord, New Hampshire.<ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas J. Keady, 82, Dies; Coached Football at Lehigh |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/02/13/97379594.pdf |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 13, 1964 |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===Football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Lehigh Brown and White | conf = Independent | startyear = 1912 | endyear = 1920 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1912 | name = Lehigh | overall = 9–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1913 | name = Lehigh | overall = 5–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1914 | name = Lehigh | overall = 8–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1915 | name = Lehigh | overall = 6–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1916 | name = Lehigh | overall = 6–2–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1917 | name = Lehigh | overall = 7–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1918 | name = Lehigh | overall = 4–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1919 | name = Lehigh | overall = 6–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1920 | name = Lehigh | overall = 5–2–2 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Lehigh | overall = 56–22–3 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Vermont Green and Gold | conf = Independent | startyear = 1921 | endyear = 1924 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1921 | name = Vermont | overall = 3–4 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1922 | name = Vermont | overall = 6–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1923 | name = Vermont | overall = 6–3–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1924 | name = Vermont | overall = 2–7 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Vermont | overall = 17–17–1 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Quantico Marines Devil Dogs | conf = Independent | startyear = 1925 | endyear = 1930 }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1925 | name = Quantico Marines | overall = 6–3–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1926 | name = Quantico Marines | overall = 10–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1927 | name = Quantico Marines | overall = 10–0 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1928 | name = Quantico Marines | overall = 8–1–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1929 | name = Quantico Marines | overall = 5–3 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1930 | name = Quantico Marines | overall = 6–2–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Quantico Marines | overall = 45–12–3 | confrecord = }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Western Reserve Red Cats | conf = Ohio Athletic Conference | startyear = 1931 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1931 | name = Western Reserve | overall = 3–5–1 | conference = 3–0 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Western Reserve Red Cats | conf = Independent | startyear = 1932 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1932 | name = Western Reserve | overall = 7–1 | conference = | confstanding = | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Western Reserve Red Cats | conf = Big Four Conference | startyear = 1933 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1933 | name = Western Reserve | overall = 4–3–1 | conference = 1–1–1 | confstanding = 2nd | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Western Reserve | overall = 14–9–2 | confrecord = 4–1–1 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 132–60–9 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
===Basketball=== {{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Dartmouth Big Green | conference= | startyear = 1910 | endyear = 1911 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1910–11 | name = Dartmouth | overall = 5–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Dartmouth | overall = 5–6 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Lehigh Brown and White | conference = | startyear = 1912 | endyear = 1913 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1912–13 | name = Lehigh | overall = 12–2 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Lehigh | overall = 12–2 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Vermont Catamounts | conference = | startyear = 1921 | endyear = 1925 }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1921–22 | name = Vermont | overall = 15–4 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1922–23 | name = Vermont | overall = 12–6 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1923–24 | name = Vermont | overall = 15–2 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Entry | season = 1924–25 | name = Vermont | overall = 14–3 | conference = | confstanding = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Vermont | overall = 56–15 | confrecord = }} {{CBB Yearly Record End | overall = 73–23 | poll = | polltype = | legend = no }}
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