Joe McKeown

Joseph McKeown ( ; born May 12, 1956) until joining Northwestern in 2008. He is the father of former Northwestern women's basketball player and current commentator Meghan McKeown.

Playing career McKeown attended Mercer County Community College and then was a star basketball player at Kent State, and was named co-captain during his senior season. After graduating, McKeown became an assistant at Kent State and then Oklahoma. He won the Atlantic 10 Conference's coach of the year award a record 5 times during his tenure at George Washington, and has also received the same honor in the Big Ten Conference.

Northwestern University McKeown and his family moved to Chicago to find better healthcare and services for his son with autism. On March 24, 2025, McKeown announced that he will retire at the end of the 2025–26 season.

USA Basketball McKeown was selected to be the head coach of the USA representative to the World University Games held in Seoul, South Korea July 5–13, 2015. The team won all six games, including the championship game against Canada. The first three quarters the game were quite close with four ties and four lead changes. In the fourth quarter the USA exploded for 34 points to pull out to a large lead, and won the gold-medal with a score of 82–63.

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