Keith Norris Last College: Kent St. '95 Position: Head Coach Experience: 6th Season

Keith Norris is in his sixth season as the head coach of the Johns Hopkins wrestling team. Norris has guided the Blue Jays to a four top-four finishes at the Centennial Conference Championships in his first five seasons with a third-place showing in 2007. Only two schools (Johns Hopkins, Ursinus) have four-top four finishes to their credit in the last five years. In addition, Norris has coached five individual Centennial Conference Champions and helped senior Eric Fishel to a program-best eighth-place finish at the 2008 NCAA Championships. Fishel became JHU's first wrestling All-American with his eighth-place showing.

Norris may have turned in his best coaching job during the 2009-10 season as he guided the Blue Jays to a fourth-place showing at the Centennial Conference Championships. JHU produced one individual Centennial Conference Champion, one runner-up and all nine Blue Jay entries at the CC Championships advanced to the semifinals. Norris accomplished all of this with a roster consisting of no seniors.

Prior to taking the job at Hopkins, Norris served as the head coach at Calvert Hall. The Cardinal program flourished under his leadership, with three straight 15-win seasons and six team tournament titles. In addition to coaching one of the most successful programs in the MIAA, Norris was also given the opportunity to coach Maryland to a victory in the prestigious Maryland-Virginia Senior All-Star Classic. He also spent four y ears as the head coach at Loch Raven High School. There Norris produced four regional champions and had three wrestlers place at the Maryland State Championships.

A native of Hereford, Maryland and Parkton High School, Norris was a four-year member of the Kent State University wrestling team. In 2000, he placed fourth at the Greco-Roman South Regional Olympic Trials and earned a silver medal in the Greco-Roman Grand National Championships.

Norris graduated from Kent State with a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education and a 3.79 cumulative grade point average.