Bottoms up, Boilermakers. An Indiana brewery has determined to honor legendary Purdue basketball coach Gene Keady by creatng a beer in his honor. The Journal & Courier reported the information on Friday.
Solar King Brewery — which has six Indiana places and one location in Florida — is producing the brew, which honors some of the iconic coaches in school basketball historical past. Particulars relating to the beer are sparse, as its nonetheless early within the growth course of.
Keady was the coach at Purdue from 1980-2005, posting a 512-270 document throughout his time in West Lafayette. He led the Boilermakers to 6 Massive Ten common season championships and 17 NCAA Match appearances. Keady was named the Massive Ten Coach of the 12 months seven occasions in his profession and was a six-time Nationwide Coach of the 12 months.
Per the Journal & Courier, Indiana Sen. Ron Alting helped deliver the concept to life, saying Keady had beforehand expressed curiosity in having his personal beer.
“The week after subsequent I am bringing him all the way down to Solar King,” Alting stated. “We’ll do a tasting to see what the coach and his spouse like and get that ball rolling.”
Keady has obtained many accolades lately, most notably incomes a spot within the Naismith Basketball Corridor of Fame in 2023.
Though he hasn’t coached the Boilermakers in twenty years, he continues to remain near this system. He adopted the group to its run to the Nationwide Championship Sport this previous season.
“To be a Corridor of Fame coach and all that he achieved and all of the people who he helped, wasn’t in a position to get to that Ultimate 4,” Purdue coach Matt Painter said. “So for him to be part of that — that is his program. Let’s not mess it up.
“He did a lot for Purdue, he did a lot for our group and for our basketball program. So for him to have the ability to expertise that with us and our gamers and our followers, that was actually cool. One of many highlights of my profession to have the ability to share that with him.”
Keady remains to be some of the beloved determine in Purdue sports activities historical past. This will probably be a extremely enjoyable and distinctive strategy to rejoice his accomplishments in West Lafayette.
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