Career
Keatts began his coaching career as an assistant at Southwestern Michigan College for the 1996-1997 season. He then went to Hargrave Military Academy as an assistant coach for two seasons before being promoted to head coach in 1999. In 2001, Keatts moved to Marshall as an assistant coach to Greg White.
He returned to Hargrave in 2003 and served as the head coach until 2011.
In 2011 he earned a degree from Marshall. Keatts then joined the staff of Rick Pitino at Louisville and was a part of the Cardinals 2013 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I national championship team
On March 27, 2014 he was named the head coach of University of North Carolina Wilmington, succeeding Buzz Peterson.