Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
NFL Experience: 3
Years with Buccaneers: 1
Chris Keenan enters his first season as assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Buccaneers. His duties include assisting head strength and conditioning coach Kurtis Shultz in the implementation of the Buccaneers conditioning program. Keenan served as an assistant to the strength and conditioning staff during the 2006 off-season. He re-joins the Buccaneers after spending two academic years (2006-2008) with Tulane University. For the Green Wave, Keenan served as the head strength and conditioning coach for the women’s cross country team, the women’s tennis program and the women’s volleyball team. He was part of the 2008 women’s volleyball team that won the Conference USA title and made it to the NCAA volleyball tournament for the first time in school history. Keenan also assisted in creating different strength and conditioning workouts for various other sports.
Keenan’s first stint with the Buccaneers came after he spent 2004-2005 as the assistant to the strength and conditioning coaches at the Minnesota Vikings. Keenan worked under Shultz, who served as Minnesota’s head strength and conditioning coach during that time. The 2005 Vikings sent a pair of first-year players, FS Darren Sharper and KR/WR Koren Robinson, to the Pro Bowl.
Keenan got his start in coaching in 2003 at Iowa State University, where he spent one year serving as a strength and conditioning aide for athletes.
Keenan was a fullback on the Drake University football team from 1999-2001. During his junior year, Keenan transferred to Iowa State where he majored in exercise science.
Keenan was born November 3, 1980 in Creston, Iowa.
KEENAN AT A GLANCE
- 2001...Drake University, player
- 2003...Independence Community High School, Strength and Conditioning Aide
- 2003...Iowa State, Strength and Conditioning Aide
- 2004-05...Minnesota Vikings, Second Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
- 2006...Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Strength and Conditioning Assistant
- 2006-08...Tulane, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
- 2009...Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
