Steve Keller was named Head Coach of the Great Falls Electric on July 16, 2024.

Montana native Steve Keller guided many Montana prep and collegiate teams in recent years, The Custer High School (Custer, MT) graduate attended Rocky Mountain College in Billings, Montana earning a Bachelor of Science degree in History.

Keller, who is one of the most respected and accomplished coaches in Montana, made high school coaching stops at Opheim (MT) High School for three seasons (1982-1984) where he guided the Vikings to three consecutive titles before departing to Helena, Montana to coach the girls program at Helena High School. The Bengals won three state championships under his guidance (1990, 1991, 1997). He also assisted the boys hoops team where the Bengals captured the Stata AA championship in 1991. He finished his prep career with a 610-180 record. In 2005, Keller was inducted into the Montana Coaches Association (MCA) Hall of Fame. Since 2012, he has been the head coach for the Montana Roundtable Montana-Wyoming Boy’s All-Star Basketball Series. At the annual event every June, he has 22 wins and two losses.

The Electric’s coach transitioned from the high school ranks to the college level in 2004.He coached three men’s teams in the NAIA’s Frontier Conference. He had stints with the Carroll College Saints from 2004-2007.

After his time at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, he spent eleven years with the University of Montana Western in Dillon, Montana (2007-2018) coaching the Bulldogs men’s program. While there, he gathered 231 victories, three NAIA Fronter Conference championships and appeared at the NAIA National Men’s Basketball Tournament eight times.

He was hired in 2018 to coach the University of Providence Argonauts (Great Falls, MT) for five years (2018-2023). The Argonauts became successful under his direction, winning 84 games in that span. The Argonauts had one of their best programs during the 2020-2021 season, winning 17 of their 20 games finishing in the top spot in the Frontier Conference.

More recently, the Montana native served as an assistant coach for the Rocky Mountain College Battlin’ Bears in Billings, Montana under head coach Bill Dreikosen, who has coached the Billings, Montana school for the past 23 years. He will continue to be on the coaching staff at Rocky Mountain College.