Tom Keough began his hockey career playing Tier I youth hockey for the Devils Youth and Trenton Titans hockey clubs. Coach Keough found his home with Bergen Catholic High School where he was a member of the 2001 and 2003 State Championship teams with the 2003 team being named by the Bergen Record as the Team of the Decade.  Coach Keough served as an Alternate Captain for the 2004 squad and was selected as one of the Star Ledger’s Top 10 forwards in New Jersey. Coach Keough was also a member of Team New Jersey’s Chicago Show Case Team which consisted of the top 20 high school players in New Jersey and was also selected to Team Mid- Atlantic which won a national championship.

After attending Bergen Catholic, Coach Keough went on to play Junior Hockey for the Boston Harbor Wolves in the Eastern Junior Hockey League (Junior A) and thereafter attended the University of Delaware where he played for four years for the University’s ACHA Division 1 team before graduating with a degree in finance.

Coach Keough began his high school coaching career with Wayne Hills High School where he helped lead the team to their then most successful hockey season in school history as well as their first County Championship.  Coach Keough recently served as Head Coach of Bergen Catholic’s Varsity High School program where in the six seasons with Coach Keough at the helm, the Crusaders captured two County Championships, two League Championships, five top-10 State rankings and had seven players advance to Division 1 NCAA programs (Harvard, Brown, Providence, Boston College, Quinnipiac), as well as several other players to the NAHL, USHL, NCDC and ACHA.  During his tenure at Bergen Catholic, two players were selected in the NHL entry draft and one player selected for the U.S. NTDP.