Interview w/ Coach David Hastings (Former Interim Head Coach at Keene State)

Coach David Hastings shares his journey from law enforcement to becoming a college basketball coach at Keene State.

Hastings grew up in Gill, Massachusetts and entered the Police Academy straight out of high school and worked his way up the ranks to the Chief of Police of Gill.

While serving as a police officer he coached AAU and high school basketball, and ran AAU tournaments. He eventually joined Ryan Caine's coaching staff at Keene State, they had great success and after a couple of seasons he was promoted to Associate Head Coach.

After Coach Caine accepted the head coaching position at Johns Hopkins University, Coach Hastings was elevated to Interim Head Coach. He led the program to their 7th Little East Conference tournament title (3rd straight and 6th in the last 10 seasons), reached the Sweet 16 for the 6th time, and the NCAA tournament for the 9th time in program history in 2023-2024.

Keene State ultimately did not bring him back as Head Coach and so he returned to the high school ranks and began refereeing college basketball.