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Keith Roberts Jr. enters his first year as the assistant men's and women's track and field coach with his duties focusing on sprints, hurdles and relays. Roberts arrives from Heidelberg, a division III institution in Tiffin, Ohio, where he was the head track and field and cross country coach since 2008. Last year he led the men's cross country team to an Ohio Athletic Conference title and an 18th place finish at the NCAA DIII championships. This was the program's fourth-straight appearance and seventh overall.
During the 2009-10 track and field season, Roberts led the men's team to a conference title and coached three all-americans, two in the long jump and one in the 55-meter dash. Overall the Heidelberg's track and field team nationally qualified in four events in outdoor and two during the indoor championships. In 2008 and 2009, Roberts coached Judy Bataille to a national indoor and outdoor title in the 55-meter dash.
Prior to Heidelberg, Roberts coached for the Logan County Elite Track Club and also was an assistant coach for Bellefontaine High School during the 2006-07 season and assisted at the University of Pittsburg from 2005-06.
Roberts attended Kent State, where he was a member of the track and field team from 2000-05. During his time there he was named Freshman Verizon All-American in the outdoor 110-meter hurdles and finished 11th in the nation among division I athletes in the indoor 60-meter hurdles in 2003. Roberts also won the Mid-American Conference title in the indoor 60-meter hurdles and currently holds the indoor 55-meter hurdles record at Kent State.
Roberts, a native of Bellefontaine, Ohio, attended Bellefontaine High School and earned his bachelor's of science in Interpersonal Communications from Kent State (2005). He also finished his master's degree in education from Heidelberg in 2009.
