University of Detroit Mercy Athletics

A two-sport start in college and a veteran in the coaching ranks, Keith LeGree began his role as an assistant coach in August of 2018 and just finished his second season on the sidelines inn 2019-20. 
 
Legree was a standout student-athlete on the hardwood at Cincinnati and Louisville and also played professional baseball, parlaying that into a seven-year playing career in the minor leagues and reaching the Triple A level. His coaching stops have included Cincinnati and Texas Southern at the Division I level. 
 
LeGree and head coach Mike Davis know each other well as LeGree spent the last six seasons (2012-18) on staff at Texas Southern. He helped the program win four regular-season titles and four conference tournament championships along with advancing to five postseason tournaments, including four trips to the NCAA’s. 
 
He actually joined TSU in 2010 prior to coach Davis’ arrival. Previously, LeGree was an assistant coach at nationally-noted Chipola Junior College in 2009. Before arriving at Chipola Junior College, LeGree was an assistant coach and head recruiting coordinator for Alabama Southern Community College (2006-08). 
 
LeGree was on staff under Bob Huggins at his alma mater Cincinnati from 2000-05. He tutored the Cincinnati backcourt performers while having ample responsibilities in recruiting as he helped the Bearcats to 123 wins, with a school record 31 in 2001-02, and five trips to the NCAA Tournament, including the Sweet 16 in 2000-01. LeGree's work with guard Steve Logan helped him increase his scoring production and secure All-American honors in 2001 and 2002.
 
His first year as a collegiate head coach was in 1999-00 as an assistant coach at Wabash Valley College, helping the program tally a 22-12 record and just missing a trip to the NJCAA national tourney with an overtime setback in the regional finals. 
 
As a student-athlete, he starred for two years at Louisville playing under legendary head coach Denny Crum and averaged 7.1 points and 3.7 assists per game, helping the program win a regular season title as a sophomore. He then transferred to Cincinnati, coached by Huggins, and led the program to a pair of conference championships and two NCAA Tournaments, advancing to the Elite Eight in 1996. As a senior, he recorded 8.2 points and 5.7 assists per game and his 189 total assists were the most by a Cincinnati player since Hall-of-Famer Oscar Robertson. 
 
Also a standout in baseball, LeGree played in the Minnesota Twins farm system throughout college as he was selected in the third round of the 1991 MLB draft while in high school. He hit .252 with 28 home runs, reaching the Triple A level and also played with future major leaguers Torii Hunter and David Ortiz in 1997 with the New Britain Rock Cats. 
 
LeGree graduated from Cincinnati in 1999 with a degree in Criminal Justice. He was the first graduate of UC’s Recall Program, which was implemented to assist former Bearcat student-athletes with finishing their degrees.
 
He is married to Shanah Legree and the couple has three kids, Kennedi (10), John Keith (6) and John Karter (5).