05/07/2026
Spring Sports Luncheon - Don Keeton:
Keeton coached more than 50 seasons of high school track & field, either as a head coach, assistant or volunteer. A graduate of Central High School and the University of Missouri, he was active in football and track on the scholastic level. He set a school record in winning the state title in the 880-yard run at Central and set an indoor state record in the 880. He was a track participant four years at Mizzou, graduating with honors from both CHS and MU. He coached junior high track eight years and was Parkview’s track coach 31 seasons. He organized a new track program at Drury University, assisted five more years at Kickapoo High and spent recent years coaching at Greenwood Laboratory. He coached teams to three city junior high football titles, three seventh-grade basketball titles and four city track championships. He had 54 athletes claim All-State track honors at Parkview. His Parkview boys teams won five conference crowns, and his girls teams won five consecutive league titles. Among the many outstanding Parkview athletes he coached were prep All-Americans Bill Jasinski and Charles Tharp in the high jump, middle distance runner Billy Rainey and hurdler Tracy Partain. He retired from public schools in 2008 and began the track program at Drury, producing national qualifiers Tory Groover and Emile Gray in the high jump and Erin Dolan at 10,000 meters. He left Drury in 2015 and went to Kickapoo, where he had state champs Allison Bailey at 800 meters and 300-meter hurdler Jaden Wiley. At Greenwood, he coached 100-meter hurdles state champion Keely Roberts and six other All-State performers.
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