Mark Keenan arrived as UL Eagles head coach in the summer of 2011, fresh from winning a SuperLeague title. Limerick's own Jason Killeen returned that same summer.
In 2011-12 Keenan's side won the double, taking the National Cup in overtime and then the league, beating DCU Saints in the final at the National Basketball Arena for the city's first national league title. A year later the Eagles did it again, finishing top of the league at 16-5 to win back-to-back national titles.
Keenan's career runs far wider than Limerick. As a player he captained Ireland to the 1994 FIBA European Promotion Cup, the country's first senior European title. He went on to coach the Ireland senior men's team from 2019 to 2025, including the side that won gold at the 2021 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries, the nation's first senior men's trophy in 27 years. In 2026 Basketball Ireland honoured him with a President's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Honours
- 2011-12 League & Cup double
- 2012-13 League title (back-to-back champions)
- Ireland captain, 1994 FIBA European Promotion Cup (first senior European title)
- Ireland senior men's head coach, 2019-2025 (2021 Small Countries gold)
- Basketball Ireland President's Lifetime Achievement Award, 2026
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