Saint Ambrose University Men's Lacrosse

Keel and the Bees made their presence known in their first season. SAU finished 8-8 overall and qualified for the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference (GRLC) Division II Playoffs in 2014. Before joining the Bees, Keel served as the head boys' varsity lacrosse coach at Seckman High School in Imperial, Mo. Taking over a second-year program in July 2011 that finished 0-12 in its inaugural season, Keel helped the Jaguars to a 6-6 record and a fifth-place showing in the Missouri State Tournament. He has also served as an assistant coach with the St. Louis Samurai Lacrosse Club and has worked with the Missouri 22 select team, where he worked alongside several NCAA lacrosse coaches. "Getting to become part of the SAU family is an honor and privilege," Keel said. "I am ecstatic to begin what I hope to be a long and successful career as the Fighting Bee head lacrosse coach and doing my part continuing to spread nationwide recognition of the University and the game of lacrosse." Keel was a three-year starter at attack at Missouri Baptist University and was a member of the 2011 Spartan team that won the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference (GRLC) championship and advanced to the national tournament. As a senior at Fox High School, he helped his team win the 2008 Missouri Division B State Championship. "We feel, based on his coaching and playing career, Brad has a strong background and will establish a successful men's lacrosse program at St. Ambrose University," Shovlain said. "His coaching and recruiting contacts, especially in the St. Louis area, will help get the program off to a great start." Keel graduated from Missouri Baptist with a degree in Sports Management in December 2012. Anthony Nobiling joined the SAU men's lacrosse coaching staff in 2013-14. A native of Moline, Ill., Nobiling was a two-year starting attackman for Augustana from 2009-10. He was a top-three scorer both years he played for the Vikings. After his playing career, Nobiling started his coaching career as an assistant at Augustana in the fall of 2010. He was named the interim head coach there beginning the 2011 season in the GRLC. Nobiling assisted with a youth lacrosse camp in 2009 at the Rock Island Arsenal for children between the ages of 6-13. He has also discussed starting lacrosse programs at Quad-City high schools. A 2010 graduate of Augustana with a BA in Sociology, Nobiling currently serves as a Community Residential Casemanager at the Handicapped Development Center in Davenport, Iowa.