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Keith Urgo (born April 25, 1980) is an American college basketball coach who is the head coach of the Fordham Rams men's basketball program in the Atlantic 10 Conference.[1]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Fordham |
| Conference | Atlantic 10 |
| Record | 38–29 (.567) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 25, 1980 Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1998–2002 | Fairfield |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2007 | Gonzaga College HS (assistant) |
| 2010–2012 | Villanova (assistant) |
| 2012–2021 | Penn State (assistant) |
| 2021–2022 | Fordham (Associate HC) |
| 2022–present | Fordham |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2007–2008 | Villanova (video assistant) |
| 2008–2010 | Villanova (Director of Basketball Operations) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 38–29 (.567) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year (2023) | |
Urgo was born in Washington D.C. the 8th of 10 children to parents originally from Brooklyn; his father attended Fordham.[2][3] Urgo attended Gonzaga College High School. For college, he attended Fairfield University where he was a dual sport athlete, playing basketball and lacrosse.[4]
After graduating from college, Urgo founded the non-profit organization, Playing for Peace.[5] He began his coaching career in 2004 as an assistant coach for Gonzaga College High School, his former high school before leaving in 2008 for Villanova, where he started off as a video assistant before becoming the teams director of basketball operations.[1] In 2012 he was hired by Penn State, where he served as an assistant head coach for 10 years.[6] In 2021 he was hired as the associate head coach for Fordham under Kyle Neptune.
On April 28, 2022 Urgo was named the head coach of Fordham following the departure of Neptune to Villanova.[7][8]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fordham Rams (Atlantic 10 Conference) (2022–present) | |||||||||
| 2022–23 | Fordham | 25–8 | 12–6 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2023–24 | Fordham | 13–20 | 6–12 | T–10th | |||||
| 2024–25 | Fordham | 0–1 | 0–0 | ||||||
| Fordham: | 38–29 (.567) | 18–18 (.500) | |||||||
| Total: | 38–29 (.567) | ||||||||
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