Darryl Keckler

Darryl Keckler

  • Title:
    Head Men's Basketball Coach
  • Phone:
    610-861-1506
  • Email:
    kecklerd@moravian.edu
  • Undergraduate:
    Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University '03
  • Post Graduate:
    McDaniel College - M
  • Began at Moravian:
    May 2022
  • Moravian Record:
    17-33, 2 years
  • Overall Coaching Record:
    184-210, 16 years

Darryl Keckler enters his third season with the Greyhounds after 14 years as Head Coach at Landmark Conference foe, Drew University. The Greyhounds finished Keckler’s first season with a record of 8-17 and 5-9 in Landmark Conference action.

While at Drew University,  Keckler had posted 167 victories, won the 2021 Landmark Conference Championship and was a two-time Landmark Conference Coach of the Year. Keckler led the Rangers to the Landmark Conference Tournament seven times and had a dozen student-athletes earn Landmark All-Conference honors in addition to a Landmark Conference Player of the Year, a Landmark Conference Rookie of the Year and a two-time Landmark Conference Defensive Player of the Year. 

In addition to his time coaching at Drew, Keckler has spent the last five years working as an assistant athletic director for the Rangers as well as teaching a business of sports class as an adjunct professor for the last four years. Prior to his time at Drew, Keckler spent five years as an assistant coach for both men’s basketball and men’s golf at Gettysburg College, and he also assisted with the Bullets’ strength and conditioning program.

Keckler graduated from Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) University in 2003 with a degree in sports management, and he scored over 1,250 points in his career and was a two-time All-TranSouth Athletic Conference selection. He earned a master’s degree in exercise science and physical education from McDaniel College. Keckler resides in Easton with his wife Alexa, who is the Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Lehigh University, and their four children.


 

Year School Overall Record Conference Record Postseason Results
2008-09 Drew University 4-21 2-12  
2009-10 Drew University 7-18 3-11  
2010-11 Drew University 14-12 9-5 Landmark Conference Semifinals
2011-12 Drew University 7-18 5-9  
2012-13 Drew University 9-16 3-11  
2013-14 Drew University 11-14 5-9  
2014-15 Drew University 12-14 7-9 Landmark Conference Semifinals
2015-16 Drew University 11-14 8-8  
2016-17 Drew University 11-14 4-9  
2017-18 Drew University 16-11 9-5 Landmark Conference Semifinals, ECAC DIII 1st Round
2018-19 Drew University 23-7 12-2 Landmark Conference Runner-Up, ECAC DIII Semifinals
2019-20 Drew University 21-7 11-3 Landmark Conference Semifinals, ECAC DIII Semifinals
2020-21 Drew University 7-2 4-1 Landmark Conference Champions
2021-22 Drew University 18-9 11-3 Landmark Conference Runner-Up
2022-23 Moravian University 8-17 5-9  
2023-24 Moravian University 9-16 5-13  
At Moravian 2 years 17-33 10-22  
Total 16 years 184-210 101-111