Keith Coutreyer enters his first year as assistant coach with the Hampton University men’s basketball team after an eight-year stint as head coach at Laurel High School in Prince Georges County.
In his last three years at Laurel, the team posted a 52-20 record, going a school-record 22-3 last season. Laurel won the regular-season league title last year with a 17-1 mark, also capturing the county championship. After capturing the county title, Laurel defeated Eleanor Roosevelt High to capture the regional championship, the school’s first since 1980. Laurel finished the season ranked seventh by the Washington Post. Courteyer was also named Coach of the Year.
Courteyer graduated from Columbia Union College in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. At Columbia Union, Courteyer played on the basketball team at the NCAA Division II level. Courteyer first met Pirates head coach Kevin Nickelberry while at Columbia Union, where Nickelberry was the head women’s basketball coach and an assistant on the men’s staff.
Courteyer also holds special education certification, which he earned at Trinity College in Washington, D.C. For 14 years, Courteyer has patrolled the sidelines and the classroom, shaping youth for the future. Inhis tenure as a coach, Courteyer has sent over 25 players to play at the NCAA level, be it Division I, II or III. “Wins will be celebrated and then forgotten,” Courteyer said, “but the lives that you touch will last a lifetime.”
Courteyer’s duties at Hampton will include schedule coordination, monitoring the academic progress of his student-athletes and working primarily with the team’s guards. Courteyer will supervise and implement their workout program. Courteyer will also assist in the other day-to-day operations for the Hampton University men’s basketball team as needed.
Courteyer is a published author (Bill Cosby Ain’t Crazy), as well as a loving father and family man. He looks forward to impacting the lives of Hampton University’s student-athletes, both on and off the court.
