Val Keiper

Biography

Dr. Val Keiper completed his 12th season as an assistant coach for the Concordia University Wisconsin baseball team in 2025, continuing his decades-long commitment to the program. Keiper previously served as the Falcons' head coach for 30 seasons, compiling 436 career victories before stepping down from the role in 2013. During his tenure as head coach, Keiper guided the Falcons through several major milestones. His teams won 20 or more games in six different seasons, including a program-best 24 wins in 1991. In 2004, he led CUW to a 20-18 record and a berth in the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament. Under his leadership, the Falcons captured back-to-back Lake Michigan Conference regular-season titles in 1997 and 1998, including a 12-2 record in 1997 — the program's best conference winning percentage (.857). CUW also earned consecutive Northern Athletics Conference Tournament appearances in 2010 and 2011, finishing third in the league both years with a combined 30-14 conference record. Keiper was instrumental in reviving CUW baseball, re-establishing the program in 1982 after it had been dormant since 1928. Aside from a two-year break in 1989 and 1990, he served as head coach through the 2013 season, shaping the program's foundation and mentoring generations of student-athletes. In addition to his coaching contributions, Dr. Keiper serves as a professor in the School of Education at Concordia University Wisconsin. He holds a degree from Concordia University Portland and is