Women's Basketball
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- Assistant Coach
Dave Ketterman served as the first full-time assistant coach for Mizzou Women's Basketball under head coach Joann Rutherford. Ketterman was a graduate assistant with the Tigers from 1977-79 before being elevated to assistant coach ahead of the 1979-80 season. Ketterman was the head recruiter for Rutherford while also serving as a physical education instructor. He helped lead the 1977-78 squad to a Big 8 Championship.
Ketterman was specifically charged with assessing the talents of any prospective players. He also aided in all other aspects of the program, including Rutherford's Tiger Basketball Camp for girls in the summer.
After Missouri, Ketterman worked as an assistant coach and head recruiter at Stephen F. Austin from 1980-83 under Sue Gunter.
From 1983-86, Ketterman was the head women’s basketball coach at Wayland Baptist where he compiled an 80-20 mark during his tenure. Ketterman was honored as the NAIA District 8 Coach of the Year twice (1984-85), the American Women’s Sports Federation Southwest Region Coach of the Year (1985) and the American Women’s Sports Federation All-American Coach of the Year (1985).
He guided the Pioneers to a third-place finish at the NAIA National Championship tournament in 1985 and had nine players named NAIA All-Americans.
Following his tenure at Wayland Baptist, he worked for the El Dorado Springs (Missouri) R-2 School District from 1986-90 as the girls basketball and volleyball coach.
Ketterman worked in the Nevada (Missouri) R-5 School District serving in a wide variety of roles from 1991-04. He was the varsity girls basketball coach (1991-93), middle school volleyball coach (1991-93), middle school track coach (1991-97), varsity cross country coach (1993-98), varsity boys tennis coach (1998), varsity assistant boys basketball coach (2001-03), and varsity girls swimming coach (2000-06).
Ketterman entered back into the college ranks and spent 10 seasons (2004-14) as the athletics director and head women’s basketball coach at Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri.
During his time with the Comets, who compete at the NJCAA Division II level, he compiled a 131-104 record that included one Region 16 Regular Season Championship (2009) and three runner-up finishes (2006-08). He guided CC to seven winning seasons over his last nine years, and the team earned top-20 national rankings in four of his last six campaigns.
Ketterman coached 43 all-region performers, five All-Americans and seven academic All-Americans. He followed former player Caley Shaffstall, who is a junior after transferring to NSU.
Ketterman finished his career as an assistant coach at Northeastern State in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He spent two seasons with the Riverhawks from 2014-16.
He received a master’s degree in education from the University of Missouri in 1978 and obtained a bachelor of science degree in education from Southwest Missouri State University in 1977. During his final year at SMS he was a student assistant for the men's basketball team, and assistant basketball coach at Greenwood High School in Springfield.
Ketterman and wife Cathy have two daughters, Jessie Grant and Hannah.
