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Coaches
Dave Sweet
Director of Athletics
Volleyball Head Coach
Women’s Basketball Head Coach
dsweet@keuka.edu
Dave Sweet takes over the volleyball program this fall, a position that he previously held from 2000-2005. Sweet went 100-69 in his six seasons as coach, including a program-high 21 wins in 2004.
Sweet also coaches the school’s women’s basketball program and led the Storm to a North Eastern Athletic Conference (NEAC) regular season championship in 2009-10. Before last season, Sweet guided the Storm to six NEAC titles in seven years while also playing in two NCAA Tournaments.
He has held the director of athletics position since joining the Keuka staff in 1984 and coached the men’s basketball squad from 1985-2000, compiling a 203-168 record. Prior to the advent of the 2000-01 academic year, he was named women’s hoop coach and volleyball coach.
Sweet, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Cleary College (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and a master’s degree from Eastern Michigan, was a decorated high school athlete. A letter-winner in nine sports, he was an all-league football, basketball and track performer and was team MVP in all three sports his senior year. He was also named to the all-state football squad.
Sweet started his coaching career in the Michigan high schools ranks, leading both Monroe Jefferson High School and Napoleon High School. He later served as an assistant basketball coach at Eastern Michigan University.
Sweet lives in Penn Yan, N.Y. with his wife Sharon, a Keuka graduate and high school science teacher at Newark High School.
