Keith Gatlin joined the High Point University men's basketball program as an assistant coach in July 2018.
Gatlin came to HPU after nine years as the boys basketball coach at nearby Wesleyan Christian Academy in High Point. He led the Trojans to NCISAA Championships in 2013 and 2014 and the Trojans were state runner-ups in 2015 and 2017.
Before being at Wesleyan Christian, Gatlin was the boys basketball coach at Veritas Academy in Kernersville, was the girls coach at Greensboro Day School and was an assistant boys coach at GDS serving under Freddy Johnson.
Gatlin was standout guard at the University of Maryland in the 1980s playing under legendary coach Lefty Drissell and won the 1984 ACC Tournament with the Terps. He played professionally in the CBA for the Tulsa Fast Breakers, Quad City Thunder and Pensacola Tornados. Gatlin also played professionally in Germany, Greece, France and Lebanon. He won the 1994 German Cup with Brandt Hagen.
Gatlin graduated from Maryland in 1988 with a degree in African-American Studies. He and his wife, Wendy, have a son, Kaleb.
