WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WISH) — Legendary Purdue basketball head coach Gene Keady suffered a small stroke last week and is expected to make a full recovery, according to Purdue men’s basketball on X.
Keady was taken to the hospital for evaluation, and has now been transferred to a rehab facility.
Purdue head coach Matt Painter said that he has not talked to Keady yet, but Purdue’s academic coordinator Todd Foster and director of basketball administration and operations Elliot Bloom have.
“Obviously just pulling for him, but they said he’s going to be fine,” Painter said.
Keady coached at Purdue from 1980-2005. He won 782 games with the Boilermakers and won six Big Ten regular season championships.
Purdue Boilermakers coach Matt Painter shakes hands with former Purdue Coach Gene Keady after the game against the Michigan State Spartans on March 2, 2024, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Former Purdue Boilermakers coach Gene Keady walks off the court after the game against the Michigan State Spartans March 2, 2024, at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Indiana. (Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)2023 inductee Gene Keady looks on with presenters Jerry Colangelo and Tom Izzo during the 2023 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Induction at Symphony Hall on Aug. 12, 2023, in Springfield, Massachusetts. (Mike Lawrie/Getty Images)(Left) Inductee Gene Keady speaks during the 2023 Naismith Hall of Fame Press Conference at NRG Stadium on April 1, 2023, in Houston. (Tim Bradbury/Getty Images)
