MIKE KEELER THE NANNY PROFESSIONAL
His clients have included rodeo and rugby leagues, as well as a professional football league planning to play its games in the spring. Since 1988, Keller and his company, Keller Enterprises/RFL Llc, have been engaged in sports management and consulting. After the USFL dismantled, Keller worked for a time has a scout for the Dallas Cowboys. He was promoted in 1978 to Assistant General Manager for the Seahawks.įrom 1983 to 1985, Keller worked in the front office of the Michigan Panthers of the newly formed USFL as the team's Assistant General Manager and Director of Football Operations, He was the personnel director for the Oakland Invaders of the USFL in 1985. In 1975 Keller left the Cowboys to join the newly formed Seattle Seahawks as a scout and Assistant Personnel Director.
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He began his management work as an employee of the Dallas Cowboys' personnel department. Business career Īfter retiring as a football player in 1974, Keller had a career in sports management and consulting. I had beaten out another player for the strong-side linebacker position, but I had to have shoulder surgery. Keller later recalled: "I got hurt in training camp in my second year. He was sidelined again the next year after suffering a pulled stomach muscle. He worked in the team's scouting department, while he was recovering from surgery. He underwent shoulder surgery in 1973 and was placed on the injured reserve list on September 10. As a rookie, he was a backup outside linebacker and appeared in five games, before being sent to the taxi squad to make room to activate Roger Staubach. Keller was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (64th overall pick) of the 1972 NFL Draft, with the intention of converting him into a linebacker.
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In July 1972, Keller was selected to play against the Dallas Cowboys in the annual Chicago College All-Star Game, along with Michigan teammates Thom Darden, Reggie McKenzie and Mike Taylor. He was selected as an All-Big Ten player in 1971 as well as Associated Press third-team All-American. As a senior, he started all 11 games and the 1972 Rose Bowl for a team that finished the season with an 11–1 record and ranked No. Keller played college football at the University of Michigan and became a three year starter at defensive end from 1969 to 1971. A native of Chicago, Illinois, he attended Catholic Central High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan.