Assistant Coach James Keane is currently in his seventh season at Saint Anselm in 2022.
Most recently, Keane helped the team capture its first NCAA Division II East Region Tournament win in 2019 as Saint Anselm downed New Haven in the opening round in four sets. The Hawks finished the year with 21 victories, the team's third 20-plus win season, and recorded its first-ever home Northeast-10 Conference postseason victory at home.
Across his four seasons with the program, Saint Anselm has logged 74 victories and won over 60% of its matches during that timeframe. He has mentored the Hawks through their first three NCAA Division II postseason appearances, starting in 2017.
Prior to joining the Hawks, Keane was the technical director and 18s travel coach of American Volleyball Club in Bristow, Va. Keane was involved from the start of the club in 2011 with his team reaching the USA Volleyball Junior National Tournament in the club’s third year in existence. Keane also was involved from 2003-2010 with Husky Volleyball Club in Windsor, Conn. In addition to coaching one of their top travel teams, Keane was an Assistant Club Director, working with their High Performance and boys programs. In his 12 years of coaching juniors volleyball, Keane’s teams have qualified for USA Volleyball Junior Nationals four times.
A native of Bay Shore, N.Y., Keane played Division I volleyball at Sacred Heart University and he has collegiate coaching experience at Division I, II and III schools. Keane is an active member of USA Volleyball and he is certified in IMPACT, VCAP, and has attained his CAP II certification (CAP III pending). He is also involved with USA Volleyball’s High Performance teams as a tryout evaluator and court coach.
