C.J. Keating Assistant Coach Fourth Season

C..J. Keating enters his fourth season as assistant coach for the Indiana State Sycamores, working primarily as the pitching coach. Keating is also involved in all areas of recruiting and has many administrative responsibilities.

Keating helped the Sycamores to a third-place finish in the MVC Tournament in 2005. He also tutored Ryan Tatusko who earned All-MVC Second Team honors after posting an 8-2 record with a 3.02 ERA. Starting pitcher Chris Jones was also taken in the MLB draft by the Boston Red Sox.

In Keating’s first season, ISU sophomore Brian Omogrosso garnered all-MVC second team honors for his efforts as a relief hurler. In addition, starting pitcher Matt Zaleski was named all-MVC honorable mention and was eventually taken in the MLB draft by the Chicago White Sox.

Keating had knowledge of the Sycamores and the Missouri Valley Conference when he came to ISU in 2003. The previous four seasons, he was an assistant coach at Creighton University, serving the final two years as pitching coach.

In his debut as Creighton’s pitching coach in 2002, Keating molded a young rotation into a staff that finished third in league play in ERA.

Along the way, then-sophomores Steve Grasley and Tom Oldham both were named first-team all-MVC hurlers. In addition, Matt Buckingham was an honorable mention Freshman All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball. Grasley ranked among the MVC and national leaders in saves, while Oldham’s performance helped earn him a spot in the prestigious Cape Cod League last summer.

Keating was one of the Bluejays’ most consistent pitchers throughout his four-year career, making 30 starts in his career. He pitched three complete games as a Bluejay and was a co-captain on Creighton’s 1999 team that advanced to the NCAA Regionals and placed second in the Missouri Valley Conference.

Having made his mark on the Creighton record books, Keating is among career leaders in appearances (57), innings pitched (224.0), and strikeouts (176).

Keating earned his MBA in finance from Belleview (Neb.) in 2002.