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Furman Athletics Hall of Fame

Bill Keesling

Bill Keesling

  • Class
  • Induction
    2021
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Cross Country, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field, Head Coach
Bristol, Va.
 
Head Coach, Furman, Cross Country/Track & Field — 1969-78
Southern Conference Championship, Indoor Track & Field — 1976
Southern Conference Championship, Cross Country — 1976
Southern Conference Coach of the Year, Cross Country — 1974, 1976
Southern Conference Coach of the Year, Outdoor Track & Field — 1976
Coached NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship participants, Tom Malik (high hurdles) & Lee Fidler (three miles and six miles) — 1971
Coached All-American David Anderson (400m Hurdles) — 1977
Coached SoCon Outdoor Track Most Outstanding Performer, Lee Fidler — 1971
Led Furman to a 36th-place finish at the 1970 NCAA Cross Country Championship
Instrumental in luring hall of famer Chris Borch '78, one of Furman Athletics’ main benefactors, into the Furman cross country/track and field program
Co-founder of the Greenville Track Club — 1972
Served as Director of the Paladin Club (now Furman Athletic Fund), Furman’s athletics scholarship fundraising organization, after retiring from coaching
Instrumental in the establishment of Furman's Athletics Hall of Fame — 1981
Greenville Track Club Hall of Fame — 2016
Furman Athletic Hall of Fame — 2021

Page updated by Julie Paré (5/23/25)
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