Assistant Coach
Chris Kellett
EMAIL Coach Kellett: and1kell@aol.com
Chris Kellett enters his second season on the Lawrence Men's Basketball Coaching Staff in 2011. Prior to his arrival at Lawrence, Kellett enjoyed a standout playing career at Concordia University (WI) and Ripon College and a coach at Neenah High School. Kellett has also been the head coach of the Wisconsin Blizzard's top AAU 17-U basketball program for the past several years. At Neehah High School, Kellett served at the Junior Varsity coach and Varsity assistant - leading his JV team to a 19-3 record.
Kellett began his college basketball career at Concordia University (WI) and as a freshmen led them to the their first conference championship in over 10 years. He was voted All-Conference as a freshmen and tabbed the conference Rookie of the Year. He then tranferred to Ripon College to play basketball and football, where he was a 4-time All-conference performer on the football team and a major contributor in the basketball program. He was named the Defensive Player of the Year twice at Ripon and averaged over 16 points/game his senior season. In his playing career at Ripon, Kellett scored 967 points and made 121 three pointers.
Kellett, a Neenah native, was a standout in football, basketball, and track at Neenah High School - earning All-conference honors in both basketball and football and playing in the state All-Star games for each sport as well. Kellett graduated from Ripon College with a degree in Elementary Education and Psychology. Kellett lives in Neenah.