Keith Caton - Football Coach - Syracuse University Athletics

Keith Caton

Title:
Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
Email:
rkcaton@syr.edu
Phone:
1813

Keith Caton joined the Orange staff as an assistant strength and conditioning coach in January 2018. Caton came to Syracuse after serving as the director of athletic performance for football at Indiana from 2016-17.

Caton has worked 15 bowl games in his career, including the 2018 Camping World Bowl in his first season with the Orange.

Overall, Caton has 20 years of experience in the profession with additional stops at Baylor (2012-15), Western Kentucky (2011-12), Missouri (2005-10), Elon (2003-04), Auburn (2001-03) and Southern Miss (1999-2001).

Prior to his arrival in Bloomington, Caton was Baylor’s director of football athletic performance. The Bears posted a 40-12 record in his four seasons, including three straight 10-win campaigns.

At Western Kentucky, Caton worked with football and led all aspects of the strength and conditioning programs for baseball and track & field.

Caton was named assistant strength and conditioning director at Missouri in August 2005. In addition, he served as the director of the Mizzou Performance Club. He assisted with football and led the design and implementation of the strength and conditioning programs for baseball and wrestling.

In January 2004, Caton was promoted to head strength and conditioning coach at Elon, where he oversaw the development of all varsity sports.

Caton graduated from Auburn with an educational specialist degree in 2003. While there, he assisted with football, baseball, softball and oversaw equestrian.

A four-year player for Southern Miss from 1995-99, Caton helped the Golden Eagles to two bowl appearances. He remained at the school after his playing days as a strength and conditioning graduate assistant from June 1999 to May 2001. Caton received his undergraduate degree in exercise physiology from Southern Miss in 1999. He earned his master’s degree in coaching and sports administration in 2001.

In 2016, Caton was awarded the title of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa), the highest honor in the profession. He is SCCC certified and also holds a USA Weightlifting Level 1 Performance certification.

A Mobile, Alabama native, Caton and his wife, Adriene, have three children – Kade, Weslie and Kole.