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Keith Buckley begins his third year at Stanford and second as Associate Director of Football Operations. Buckley came to Stanford in 2002 as a defensive assistant. In his current position, Buckley's responsibilities include coordinating summer camps and the summer jobs program, managing the football office staff, coordinating pre-season camp and acting as the liaison to the strength and conditioning staff, training and medical staff, video services and the equipment room.
Buckley earned his Bachelor's degree in Communications and English from the University of California-Davis in 1996. He was a member of the Aggie's football team from 1992-95 as a defensive back. He went on to earn a Master's Degree in Sport Science from the University of Idaho in 2001.
Following his graduation, Buckley was a member of the UC Davis football coaching staff for three years. He was a volunteer assistant in 1996, coached cornerbacks in 1997 and was the defensive backs coach in 1998.
Buckley was a defensive graduate assistant coach at Idaho in 1999-2000. There, he worked with the outside linebackers and defensive backs. He coached defensive backs at Humboldt State University in 2001 before coming to Stanford in 2002 as a defensive assistant.
Buckley is married to the former Kara Dinges. The couple had their first child, Kristen Marie, on March 21, 2004.