Maurice “Marty” Keating
Pittsford Central High School
Impact Statement
“There is not a coach that I am aware of who has dedicated more of his time and energy for the betterment of his athletes.” -Scott Barker, AD said of Marty Keating
Biography
With 339 victories, Keating is the state’s all-time leading winner among girls swimming coaches. He began his coaching career at Aquinas Institute in Rochester, leading the boys’ team to a 46-2 record in four seasons before moving to Pittsford. Keating started the girls’ team in 1974 and remains its coach.
His girls’ teams have won 15 sectional titles, including six straight from 2002-07, and five state crowns. He also coached the boys’ team for 18 seasons, from 1974-91, returning to boys coaching in 2007 at Livonia High School. His Pittsford boys’ teams won two Class A sectional titles and the Class B state title in 1979.
Keating, who has served as president of the New York State Swim Coaches Association since 1972, received the New York State Coaches Association’s Honor Award in 1995, Niagara District Coach of the Year honors in 1987 and 1999, the Galyan’s High School Coach of the Year award from the Rochester Press-Radio Club in 2002, the WHAM Jack Palvino Award for contributions to women’s sports in 2004 and the All-Greater Rochester Girls Swimming Coach of the Year in 2007. Keating was inducted into the Frontier Fields Walk of Fame in 2003, was a finalist for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association’s National Coach of the Year award in 2005 and received the NISCA Outstanding Service Award in 2009.
Since being honored, Keating and his Pittsford swim teams have continued their victorious ways. His teams have now won 11 State Championships and he’s coached over 100 High School All Americans. He ranks second overall in the history of New York Swimming with 348 wins, as his teams have not lost in nearly 10 years.
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