Growing up, Matt Painter was all in on playing at Indiana. How did Gene Keady persuade the Muncie native to come to West ...

Purdue Boilermakers coach Matt Painter has been at the helm of the program for 20 seasons, winning 10 Big Ten titles and ...

Gene Keady is 83 years old now and thoroughly enjoying retirement. One of his favorite things though, is still hanging around his Purdue basketball program with his former player, Matt Painter.

Gene Keady is wearing a black Nike polo shirt with a gold swoosh on the right and the words "Purdue Basketball" stitched on the left. Atop his head is a matching Boilermakers ball cap.

Matt Painter learned under Gene Keady as a player and as an assistant coach Getty Images Now, 19 years later, the kid who grew up rooting for Indiana has Purdue two wins away from its first-ever ...

Todd Foster knew the moment Gene Keady’s eyes started scanning the room he was in trouble. Not necessarily because Foster in particular had done anything wrong. But when Keady sensed Purdue ...

Gene Keady coached Cuonzo Martin at Purdue and Martin was on Keady’s Boilermakers’ basketball staff. Purdue influence has remained with Martin, now at Missouri.

Gene Keady paid $600 a week to have his hair look like that. Everything changed in 2011 when Keady, who has worked with Steve Lavin at St. John's since 2010, went to Silverleaf Tavern in New York ...

Then-Purdue coach Gene Keady (left) directs his team during the second half in the NCAA West Regional against Dayton in Tucson, Ariz., in this March 16, 2000 file photo.

Former Purdue men's basketball coach Gene Keady is adamantly against NCAA athletes getting paid for their name, image and likeness. Keady was interviewed Thursday by Dan Dakich on "The Dan Dakich ...

Legendary former Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady (who now serves as an assistant at St. John's) opened up to the Indy Star's Gregg Doyel this week about something that played a huge role in his ...

In his 25 years as the Purdue men’s basketball coach, Gene Keady won seven Big Ten regular season titles and one conference tournament title while advancing to the NCAA tournament 17 times. His ...