R.C. Kehoe begins his third season on the University of Delaware men’s basketball coaching staff during the 2008-09 season.
Kehoe spent his first year on the Blue Hen bench in 2006-07 as Delaware went 5-26 under first-year head coach Monté Ross. He played a big part in Delaware's improvement to 14-17 in 2007-08 as the Hens went 9-9 in league place, placed seventh in the Colonial Athletic Association regular season standings, and earned a first round CAA Tournament win over Drexel.
Kehoe came to Delaware after serving as an assistant coach at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County in 2005-06. A native of Philadelphia, the 30-year-old Kehoe joined the UMBC staff under head coach Randy Monroe in the summer of 2005 and helped the Retrievers post a record of 10-19. He earned his bachelor’s degree in speech communications from NCAA Division II Shippensburg University in 2004 after competing collegiately at Clarion University in 1997-99 and East Stroudsburg University in 1999-2001.
The former point guard led Clarion in assists and steals in both his seasons there and broke the school record for three-point field goals made in a season (66) at ESU, where he served as team captain. He played his high school basketball at Roman Catholic High School in Philadelphia and was part of nationally-ranked teams all four seasons.
Kehoe, who is the nephew of Saint Joseph’s University men’s basketball head coach Phil Martelli, began his coaching career as an assistant at Shippensburg during the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons under head coach Dave Springer, and moved up to the NCAA Division I ranks in 2004-05 when he helped St. Francis (PA) University post a 15-13 record for head coach Bobby Jones.
Kehoe and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons, Tyler and Jaxon.
Assistant Coach R.C. Kehoe