In addition, he orchestrated the biggest turnaround in the nation in 2001-2002 when comparing records to the previous year, and was named Mid-Con Coach of the Year for his efforts as Valpo finished 26-7. 30, 2005.įreeman led the Brown and Gold to its first outright Mid-Continent Conference title in school history in 2001-2002, while also leading the Crusaders to the Mid-Con Tournament title game. The 2005-2006 campaign saw Freeman post his 200th victory at Valparaiso, a 65-31 win over UMKC on Dec. His squad finished second in the Mid-Continent Conference on the season, the seventh time in 10 years the Brown and Gold finished either first or second in the league. The 2006-2007 season saw Freeman lead his Crusaders to a 20-11 record overall, Valpo’s fifth 20-win season in school history, and the fourth under his guidance. 601 winning percentage ranked fourth in league history. He coached more games, 381, than any other coach in the league, and his 229 victories were tops in the Mid-Con as well.
When Valparaiso moved to the Horizon League prior to the 2007-2008 season, Freeman left the Mid-Continent Conference as the league’s all-time winningest coach. It marked the first time Valpo had hosted a conference tournament contest since 1995. That same season he led the Crusaders to a fourth place finish in the Horizon League, and the Brown and Gold hosted a quarterfinal game in the Horizon League Tournament. 3, 2009, an 86-43 triumph over Youngstown State. 4, 2010, Freeman won his 400th collegiate victory as a head coach, a 59-52 overtime win against Coastal Carolina.įreeman won his 250th game at Valpo on Jan. With his exceptional overall mark, his teams have won more than two-thirds of their games at the Athletics-Recreation Center, compiling a 150-72 (.676) home record since he took over the program. Over the past 13 seasons Freeman’s squad has recorded 18 or more victories eight times.
Freeman has led the Crusaders to more than 50 percent of the school’s victories during the program’s history.
Beginning his 24th season of coaching women’s collegiate basketball overall, Freeman owns a 405-273 (.597) lifetime mark. The school’s all-time winningest coach, he enters the 2011-2012 season with a record of 276-226 (.571) at Valpo. Valparaiso University head coach Keith Freeman took over as the sixth head coach in the history of the Valparaiso University Crusader women’s basketball program prior to the 1994-1995 season.
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