North Park University Athletics

While 2017 will be O’Keefe’s first season with the Viking staff, it will be his 23rd overall as a coach. For the past 22 seasons, O’Keefe has coached in the Chicago High School Catholic League with stops as a head coach at Leo High School (2001-2003) and DeLaSalle (2006-2013) while also serving in capacities at Loyola Academy, DePaul College Prep and Bishop Moore in Orlando, Florida as well as Chabot College in Hayward, California. A 2011 member of the North Park Viking Hall of Fame, O’Keefe helped lead his DeLaSalle teams to three league titles and the most playoff victories of any head coach while being named a three-time Coach of the Year. As a member of the Vikings’ football team – where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1995 – O’Keefe was a four-year letter winner and earned All-CCIW First Team honors in both 1993 and 1994 as he led the conference in tackles. In addition as a Second Team All-CCIW selection his sophomore year and a preseason All-American in 1994, O’Keefe was twice named the CCIW Defensive Player of the Week and earned Team MVP honors as a team captain his senior season. O’Keefe earned Master’s degrees from both Dominican University in River Forest and Xavier University in Ohio for Education Administration and Athlete Development, respectively. He currently serves full-time as the Dean of Students at DePaul College Prep and has held the honor of the President of the Chicago Catholic Coaches League Association since 2010. A father of two daughters – Shannon (12) and Una (7), O’Keefe and is a member of Leo High School Hall of Fame as well.