Harry Keenan (2002)

Doctor Keenan is the all-time leader in wins as a CCRI golf team coach, having 187 wins during his tenure.  During his tenure as a coach from 1989-1997 and 1999, he guided the team to seven individual or medalist or team regional championships and was selected 5 times as New England Golf Coach of the Year.  5 of his teams qualified for NJCAA Division III championships in Arizona, Nebraska, Georgia and North Carolina.  From 1995-1997, the teams he coached combined for an overall record of 71-7 and finished 5th in the 1995 Division III Nationals at Greensboro, NC.  Dr. Keenan was also an instrumental piece of starting a tradition of pre-season trips to North Carolina, while strengthening and upgrading the schedule in competition against junior college and four-year schools.  As a part-time professor at CCRI-Warwick campus and being an administrator in the office of academic affairs, as well as having degrees in Pharmacy, Biology and Counseling; Dr. Keenan was known as “The Renaissance Man” of the CCRI Athletic Department.  As a co-founder and 1st President of the Knight Krawlers staff and faculty running club established in 1976; he trained and competed with this intrepid group around campus and in several races, including the Boston Marathon for almost a quarter-century.  Dr. Keenan was inducted into CCRI’s Hall of Fame in 2002 also.