Bill Keightley
	Position: Equipment Manager Experience: 43rd Season

Affectionately known as "Mr. Wildcat," Bill Keightley has been associated with the Wildcats basketball program since 1962.

Keightley, who mans the "Bill Keightley Equipment Room" in Memorial Coliseum, is as much a fixture around UK basketball as the seven national championship trophies on display in the Coliseum.

Now in his 43rd season on the UK sidelines, the Wildcats' record over the past four decades with Keightley as equipment manager is 997-304.

During his tenure, he has served under five UK head coaches -- Adolph Rupp, Joe B. Hall, Eddie Sutton, Rick Pitino and Orlando "Tubby" Smith.

In 1997, UK honored Keightley with a retired jersey in his honor. He joins veteran broadcaster Cawood Ledford as the only non-player or coach to have a jersey retired at UK.

Keightley, 76, graduated from Kavanaugh High School in Lawrenceburg and is a retired U.S. Postal Service carrier and veteran of the Marine Corps in WWII.

The avid Cincinnati Reds fan is married to the former Hazel Robinson of Lawrenceburg. The Keightleys have one daughter, Karen, who works in the University's veterinary science department.

Personal
Full Name: William Bond Keightley
Birth Date: December 17, 1926
Hometown: Lawrenceburg, Ky.
High School: Kavanaugh High
Sport Played: Basketball
Military Career: Marine Corps, Veteran of WWII

UK Career

1962-1972
Assistant Equipment Manager under George Hukle

1972-present
Equipment Manager