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Keith Kimble


First Season: 2010-11 or earlier

Last Season: 2025-26

Total Games: 1,416

Crew Chief: 327 (23%)

U1: 705 (50%)

U2: 384 (27%)

Home Wins: 70%

Home Fouls: 16.5

Away Fouls: 18.8

Foul Diff: 2.3

Attendance: 8,452

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Games Total 2025-26 2024-25 2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19 2017-18 2016-17 2015-16 2014-15 2013-14 2012-13 2011-12 2010-11
Games 1416 105 99 109 105 96 73 106 106 98 102 91 89 77 66 49 45
Crew Chief 327 32 33 27 19 19 14 32 37 23 18 14 17 14 10 10 8
U1 705 53 49 55 57 52 37 56 49 47 58 41 47 40 25 17 22
U2 384 20 17 27 29 25 22 18 20 28 26 36 25 23 31 22 15
NCAA Tournament 44 4 4 4 4 4 5 0 4 3 3 4 3 2 0 0 0
NIT Tournament 15 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 0 2
Pre/Mid-Season Tournament 11 4 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Big 12 321 4 3 37 29 25 23 25 27 24 21 25 17 16 20 17 8
Big 10 235 53 51 11 19 31 9 15 20 20 2 1 0 2 1 0 0
SEC 122 12 15 7 8 5 3 7 13 9 10 4 11 13 5 0 0
PAC 12 122 0 0 8 10 10 1 11 3 10 12 16 15 12 14 0 0
American 93 7 5 11 7 2 4 8 13 6 9 10 8 0 0 1 2
ACC 92 1 6 9 10 10 11 16 10 4 9 3 2 1 0 0 0
CUSA 86 3 4 3 2 1 8 4 9 7 8 5 8 8 7 6 3
SWAC 69 4 2 5 5 2 1 5 3 6 6 6 4 5 6 5 4
Mountain West 69 6 8 5 5 3 2 3 0 5 11 10 8 3 0 0 0
Southland 39 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 6 8 3 6 6
Sun Belt 36 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 5 7 13
WCC 26 0 1 5 2 3 4 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 0
Big East 24 3 1 4 4 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
WAC 23 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 1 3 4 5
A-10 16 1 0 0 1 1 1 4 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Horizon 12 8 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Big West 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 0 0
MVC 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 1 0 1
MAC 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
CAA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Southern 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Ivy 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Independent 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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Date Crew Chief U1 U2 Home Away Score Fouls Fee Season $
2026-4-4 Doug Shows Keith Kimble Doug Sirmons Arizona Michigan 73 - 91 19 - 19 $3,800 $372,150
2026-3-27 James Breeding Keith Kimble A.J. Desai UConn Michigan State 67 - 63 18 - 15 $3,600 $368,350
2026-3-22 Bret Smith Keith Kimble Matt Potter Kansas St. John's 65 - 67 14 - 17 $3,800 $364,750
2026-3-20 Bret Smith Keith Kimble Steve Divine Arizona Long Island University 92 - 58 12 - 22 $3,800 $360,950
2026-3-15 D.J. Carstensen Keith Kimble Brian Dorsey Michigan Purdue 72 - 80 18 - 13 $4,000 $357,150
2026-3-13 Larry Scirotto Earl Walton Keith Kimble Nebraska Purdue 58 - 74 12 - 12 $4,000 $353,150
2026-3-12 D.J. Carstensen Earl Walton Keith Kimble Wisconsin Washington 85 - 82 18 - 13 $4,000 $349,150
2026-3-11 Tim Comer Keith Kimble Brian Dorsey Indiana Northwestern 61 - 74 16 - 16 $4,000 $345,150
2026-3-10 Mike Littlewood Earl Walton Keith Kimble Wright State Detroit Mercy 66 - 63 17 - 23 $2,450 $341,150
2026-3-8 Bert Smith Keith Kimble Doug Sirmons Nebraska Iowa 84 - 75 12 - 18 $4,000 $338,700
2026-3-7 Keith Kimble Luke Schumer Kevin Raher Colorado State Boise State 67 - 78 17 - 16 $3,000 $334,700
2026-3-6 Keith Kimble Mike Reed Randy Richardson San Diego State UNLV 89 - 86 14 - 17 $3,000 $331,700
2026-3-5 Jeb Hartness Keith Kimble Pat Adams Memphis South Florida 89 - 96 25 - 22 $3,100 $328,700
2026-3-4 D.J. Carstensen Keith Kimble Steven Anderson Indiana Minnesota 77 - 47 15 - 12 $4,000 $325,600
2026-3-3 D.J. Carstensen Keith Kimble Kelly Pfeifer Illinois Oregon 80 - 54 9 - 12 $4,000 $321,600
2026-3-2 Jason Baker Keith Kimble Brent Dugas Nicholls McNeese 65 - 75 19 - 21 $2,050 $317,600
2026-3-1 Tim Comer Keith Kimble Randy Richardson Ohio State Purdue 82 - 74 17 - 23 $4,000 $315,550
2026-2-28 D.J. Carstensen Tim Comer Keith Kimble Penn State Iowa 71 - 69 13 - 15 $4,000 $311,550
2026-2-26 Keith Kimble Steven Anderson Bart Lenox Florida Atlantic Temple 77 - 73 12 - 17 $3,100 $307,550
2026-2-25 Jeb Hartness Kipp Kissinger Keith Kimble Alabama Mississippi State 100 - 75 12 - 14 $3,900 $304,450
2026-2-24 Larry Scirotto Keith Kimble Brian Dorsey Michigan Minnesota 77 - 67 9 - 9 $4,000 $300,550
2026-2-23 Keith Kimble Bharat Ramnanan Shaun Seales Lamar Nicholls 52 - 53 6 - 12 $2,050 $296,550
2026-2-22 Lee Cassell Keith Kimble Courtney Green Tulsa UTSA 100 - 74 11 - 18 $3,100 $294,500
2026-2-21 Keith Kimble Steven Anderson Wil Howard Arkansas Missouri 94 - 86 17 - 19 $3,900 $291,400
2026-2-18 Jason Baker Keith Kimble Courtney Green Texas A&M Ole Miss 80 - 77 15 - 18 $3,900 $287,500
2026-2-17 Jeb Hartness Keith Kimble Andy O'Brien Ohio State Wisconsin 86 - 69 16 - 19 $4,000 $283,600
2026-2-16 Earnie Pheal Keith Kimble Johnny Wilkins Jackson State Bethune-Cookman 91 - 86 22 - 26 $1,800 $279,600
2026-2-15 Earl Walton Keith Kimble Jeffrey Anderson Illinois Indiana 71 - 51 10 - 10 $4,000 $277,800
2026-2-14 D.J. Carstensen Earl Walton Keith Kimble Iowa Purdue 57 - 78 19 - 17 $4,000 $273,800
2026-2-12 Jeb Hartness Keith Kimble Owen Shortt Florida International Delaware 66 - 68 13 - 11 $2,500 $269,800
2026-2-11 Keith Kimble Courtney Green K.B. Burdett Georgia Florida 66 - 86 11 - 16 $3,900 $267,300
2026-2-10 Chuck Jones Keith Kimble Pat Adams Auburn Vanderbilt 76 - 84 22 - 22 $3,900 $263,400
2026-2-8 Larry Scirotto Keith Kimble Mike Reed Ohio State Michigan 61 - 82 13 - 17 $4,000 $259,500
2026-2-7 Keith Kimble Nate Harris Doug Sirmons Purdue Oregon 68 - 64 14 - 21 $4,000 $255,500
2026-2-4 Tim Comer Keith Kimble K.B. Burdett Minnesota Michigan State 76 - 73 14 - 21 $4,000 $251,500
2026-2-3 Kipp Kissinger Keith Kimble Paul Szelc Virginia Pittsburgh 67 - 47 11 - 14 $3,800 $247,500
2026-2-2 James Hicks Keith Kimble Michael Smith Jackson State Southern 91 - 96 25 - 23 $1,800 $243,700
2026-1-31 Keith Kimble Nate Harris Kelly Pfeifer UCLA Indiana 97 - 98 27 - 27 $4,000 $241,900
2026-1-30 Verne Harris Larry Scirotto Keith Kimble Nevada UNLV 89 - 76 10 - 23 $3,000 $237,900
2026-1-28 Larry Scirotto Keith Kimble Owen Shortt Wisconsin Minnesota 67 - 63 12 - 19 $4,000 $233,100
2026-1-28 Joe Wilbert III Keith Kimble Damien Richard Southern Mississippi Valley State 80 - 69 11 - 22 $1,800 $234,900
2026-1-27 Jeb Hartness Keith Kimble Bart Lenox Alabama Missouri 90 - 64 15 - 20 $3,900 $229,100
2026-1-25 Keith Kimble Pat Adams Olandis Poole South Florida Florida Atlantic 89 - 75 16 - 20 $3,100 $225,200
2026-1-24 D.J. Carstensen Keith Kimble Doug Sirmons Michigan State Maryland 91 - 48 11 - 16 $4,000 $222,100
2026-1-23 D.J. Carstensen Keith Kimble Doug Sirmons Michigan Ohio State 74 - 62 16 - 20 $4,000 $218,100
2026-1-22 Earl Walton Keith Kimble Anthony Burris Youngstown State Green Bay 88 - 81 17 - 17 $2,450 $214,100
2026-1-21 Keith Kimble Brian Dorsey Jeffrey Anderson Grand Canyon San Diego State 70 - 69 N/A - N/A $3,000 $211,650
2026-1-20 Keith Kimble Brian Dorsey Jason Phillips UCLA Purdue 69 - 67 10 - 8 $4,000 $208,650
2026-1-18 Jeb Hartness Keith Kimble Courtney Green UAB Tulsa 77 - 99 13 - 15 $3,100 $204,650
2026-1-17 Keith Kimble Chad Barlow Andy O'Brien Illinois Minnesota 77 - 67 9 - 16 $4,000 $201,550
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Tournament Games

Tournament Times Worked Seasons
NCAA Championship 2 2020-21, 2022-23
NCAA Final Four 5 2018-19, 2021-22, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26
NCAA Elite 8 5 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2022-23, 2023-24
NCAA Sweet 16 6 2014-15, 2015-16, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2024-25, 2025-26
NCAA Second Round 12 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26
NCAA First Round 12 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25, 2025-26
NCAA First Four 2 2015-16, 2023-24
NIT 15 2010-11, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2021-22
2K EMPIRE CLASSIC 1 2018-19
ACC/Big Ten Challenge presented by Continental Tire 1 2018-19
ADVOCARE INVITATIONAL 1 2015-16
AIR FORCE RESERVE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE - FINAL 1 2018-19
AIR FORCE RESERVE AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE - SEMIFINAL 1 2018-19
AIR FORCE RESERVE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME CLASSIC 1 2018-19
AIR FORCE RESERVE BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME TIP-OFF - CAMPUS GAME 1 2019-20
ARMED FORCES CLASSIC 1 2018-19
AT KANSAS CITY MO 2 2012-13
Allstate Maui Invitational 3 2023-24
Arizona Tip-Off - Campus Game 1 2023-24
Asheville Championship 2 2021-22
BAD BOY MOWERS BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS 3 2018-19
BARCLAYS CENTER CLASSIC 1 2016-17
BARCLAYS CENTER CLASSIC - CAMPUS GAME 1 2016-17
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME CLASSIC 1 2017-18
BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME TIP-OFF - CAMPUS GAME 2 2017-18
BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS 10 2011-12, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2016-17
BATTLE 4 ATLANTIS AT NASSAU BAHAMAS 1 2012-13
BBN Invitational 1 2024-25
BIG 12/SEC CHALLENGE 2 2015-16, 2017-18
BIG TEN/ACC CHALLENGE 1 2017-18
Bad Boy Mowers Battle 4 Atlantis 3 2021-22
Barbasol Horizon League Championship - Final 1 2025-26
Big 12/SEC Challenge 1 2019-20
Big East-Big 12 Battle 4 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Big Ten 11 2022-23, 2024-25, 2025-26
Big Ten/ACC Challenge 2 2021-22
CALIFORNIA BEARS CLASSIC 1 2016-17
CANCUN CHALLENGE 2 2012-13, 2013-14
CANCUN CHALLENGE - CAMPUS GAME 2 2016-17, 2018-19
CBE HALL OF FAME CLASSIC 4 2012-13, 2013-14, 2016-17
CBI CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES - GAME 2 1 2014-15
CBS SPORTS CLASSIC 1 2019-20
CIT CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 1 2016-17
CONTINENTAL TIRE LAS VEGAS CLASSIC 1 2014-15
CONTINENTAL TIRE LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL - CAMPUS GAME 3 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
Cheez-It Hall of Fame Tip-Off 2 2021-22
Cornhusker Classic 1 2023-24
EA SPORTS MAUI INVITATIONAL 2 2012-13, 2013-14
EMERALD COAST CLASSIC - CAMPUS GAME 1 2017-18
ESPN Events Invitational 1 2024-25
ESPN Events Invitational - Championship 1 2024-25
Emerald Coast Classic - Campus Game 1 2022-23
Empire Classic - Campus Game 1 2025-26
Fort Myers Tip-Off - Campus Game 3 2019-20, 2021-22, 2024-25
GLOBAL SPORTS INVITATIONAL 1 2017-18
GOLDEN GOPHER SHOWCASE 1 2016-17
GOTHAM CLASSIC 1 2017-18
Gavitt Tipoff Games 1 2023-24
Gotham Classic - Campus Game 1 2022-23
HALL OF FAME CLASSIC POWERED BY SHOTTRACKER 1 2018-19
HARDWOOD SHOWCASE 1 2018-19
HAWAIIAN AIRLINES DIAMOND HEAD CLASSIC 22 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
Hall of Fame Classic 2 2022-23
Hall of Fame Classic Powered by ShotTracker 1 2020-21
Hall of Fame Series - Las Vegas 2 2024-25, 2025-26
Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic 7 2021-22, 2022-23, 2024-25
Hawaiian Airlines Diamond Head Classic - Championship 1 2024-25
IOWA CORN CY-HAWK SERIES 3 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20
Indy Classic 2 2024-25, 2025-26
JOURNEY TO THE TOURNEY: BIG 12 CONFERENCE BASKETBALL 1 2015-16
Jerry Colangelo Classic 2 2021-22
Jimmy V Classic Presented by Corona 1 2020-21
Jimmy V Classic presented by Corona 2 2022-23, 2024-25
Jumpman Invitational presented by Novant Health 2 2023-24
LAS VEGAS INVITATIONAL 2 2012-13, 2015-16
LONE STAR SHOWDOWN 1 2019-20
Legends of Basketball Showcase 1 2023-24
Little Apple Classic 1 2020-21
MAUI JIM MAUI INVITATIONAL 8 2015-16, 2019-20
MAUI ON THE MAINLAND 1 2018-19
MEN AGAINST BREAST CANCER CUP 1 2018-19
METROPCS ORANGE BOWL CLASSIC 1 2017-18
MGM GRAND MAIN EVENT 1 2014-15
MW/MVC CHALLENGE 1 2015-16
Main Event 2 2022-23
PAYCOM WOODEN LEGACY 3 2019-20
PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND 1 2019-20
PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND 3 2015-16, 2017-18, 2018-19
PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINAL 8 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
PHILLIPS 66 BIG 12 MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - SEMIFINAL 5 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19
PK80 - MOTION 1 2017-18
PK80 - VICTORY 2 2017-18
Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge 1 2022-23
Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series 1 2022-23
Phil Knight Invitational 1 2022-23
Phil Knight Legacy 2 2022-23
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship - 1st Round 3 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship - 2nd Round 1 2023-24
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship - Final 2 2020-21, 2023-24
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship - Quarterfinal 4 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship - Semifinal 3 2021-22, 2022-23, 2023-24
Players Era Festival 2 2025-26
Players Era Festival - Championship 1 2025-26
ROUNDBALL SHOWCASE 2 2013-14, 2015-16
SEC/BIG 12 CHALLENGE PRES. BY SONIC 1 2016-17
SEC/Big 12 Challenge 4 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND INVITATIONAL AT SOUTH PADRE ISLAND TX 1 2010-11
SOUTHLAND MEN'S TOURNAMENT - FINAL 5 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16
SOUTHLAND MEN'S TOURNAMENT - FINAL AT KATY TX 1 2010-11
SOUTHLAND MEN'S TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINALS AT KATY TX 1 2010-11
SOUTHLAND MEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEMIFINAL 1 2013-14
STATE FARM CHAMPIONS CLASSIC 1 2018-19
SUN BELT MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND AT HOT SPRINGS AR 1 2010-11
SUN BELT MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP - QUARTERFINALS AT HOT SPRINGS AR 1 2010-11
SWAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - FINAL 1 2017-18
SWAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINAL 1 2016-17
SWAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - QUARTERFINALS AT GARLAND TX 1 2010-11
SWAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEMIFINAL 2 2011-12, 2012-13
SWAC MEN'S TOURNAMENT - SEMIFINALS AT GARLAND TX 1 2010-11
San Jose Tip-Off 1 2024-25
Southwest Showcase 1 2020-21
State Farm Champions Classic 4 2021-22, 2023-24, 2024-25, 2025-26
THE SHOWCASE 1 2012-13
The Battleground 2k presented by Basketball University 1 2023-24
U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic 1 2018-19
UNDER ARMOUR REUNION 1 2016-17
Vegas Showdown 2 2023-24
WILDCAT CLASSIC 2 2014-15, 2015-16
West Coast Hoops Showdown 1 2024-25
Wolfpack Classic 1 2018-19
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Keith Kimble Game Pace by Season

Total games worked across seasons, relative to each season's opening day

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Estimated Salary Information

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Career Summary

Current Tier: Tier 1

Career Total: $3,923,790

Total Games: 1416

Avg per Game: $2,771

Highest Season: $372,150 (2025-26)

Season-by-Season Breakdown

Season Tier Games CC Games U1/U2 Games Total Earned Avg per Game
2025-26 Tier 1 105 32 73 $372,150 $3,544
2024-25 Tier 1 99 33 66 $358,500 $3,621
2023-24 Tier 1 109 27 82 $359,479 $3,298
2022-23 Tier 1 105 19 86 $343,251 $3,269
2021-22 Tier 1 96 19 77 $312,347 $3,254
2020-21 Tier 1 73 14 59 $216,800 $2,970
2019-20 Tier 1 106 32 74 $312,545 $2,949
2018-19 Tier 1 106 37 69 $298,631 $2,817
2017-18 Tier 1 98 23 75 $261,511 $2,668
2016-17 Tier 1 102 18 84 $250,238 $2,453
2015-16 Tier 1 91 14 77 $213,215 $2,343
2014-15 Tier 1 89 17 72 $198,812 $2,234
2013-14 Tier 1 77 14 63 $169,445 $2,201
2012-13 Tier 2 66 10 56 $118,552 $1,796
2011-12 Tier 2 49 10 39 $76,052 $1,552
2010-11 Tier 2 45 8 37 $62,262 $1,384
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Keith Kimble Salary Pace by Season

Estimated cumulative salary earned across seasons, relative to each season's opening day

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