The University of Mississippi Athletics

Football

Kevin Keys
Kevin Keys
  • Title:
    Assistant Football Athletic Trainer
  • E-mail:
    kckeys@olemiss.edu
  • Phone:
    662-832-5394
  • Alma Mater:
    Ole Miss (2015), FIU (2017)
Kevin Keys, MS, ATC, PES, joined the Ole Miss athletic training staff in October of 2020. He currently serves as an assistant athletic trainer for the Ole Miss football team. 
 
Prior to his current role at Ole Miss, Keys spent the previous two years as an assistant athletic trainer at Rice University working with both the football and men’s basketball teams. 
 
A 2015 graduate of Ole Miss, Keys earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science. He went on to receive his master’s degree in athletic training from Florida International University, where he worked primarily with the Panther’s football team. Following his time at Florida International University, he completed a year-long internship with the University of Louisville’s football team. 
 
Keys is a certified athletic trainer by the Board of Certification and a member of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. He holds additional certifications through the National Academy of Sports Medicine as a performance enhancement specialist (PES), Structure and Function dry needling for orthopedic rehabilitation and sports performance, Functional Movement Screen Level 1, and Owens Recovery Science blood flow restriction.  
 
A native of Lafayette, Louisiana, Keys resides in Oxford.