Keith Lea was born in Sayre, OK in 1951 and spent time in Claremore before moving to Enid as an elementary student in 1960. He attended Hoover, Waller and Enid High where he played basketball (10th grade) and football (10th-12th). He was on the State Championship team in 1967 and he made the all-conference football team his senior year. After graduation, he went to college at Southwestern in Weatherford where he earned a Physical Education and Industrial Arts degree. He taught and coached football, basketball and track at Longfellow, Emerson, and Enid High, for almost 40 years! He is also known for starting the first weight class at Enid High. Coach Lea retired from teaching and coaching at Enid at the ripe young age of 66. He was elected to the E Club Hall of Fame in 2017.
When asked, Coach Lea said he was inspired to coach so he could be like his coaching idol Coach Greenhaw, his position coach in high school.
Coach Lea has been married to his wonderful wife Lisa for 42 years, and they have 2 grown children, Heather and Tyler. You can find Keith coaching his grandson’s pee wee football team, and working in the EPS maintenance department. Although Coach has had some health issues in the past, his nominator said he was “too tough to die!” It was also said that “you could not find a person with a bad thing to say about Keith. He would give you the shirt off his back.” Coach Keith Lea, a true Local Legend!
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