Michael Keeran joins the Sabre Dogs as the head coach for the 2022 season. Coach Keeran is the current head coach of the Bismarck State College Mystics, a JUCO in Bismarck, ND. The Mystics went 29-10 & won the MonDak conference championship and tournament. BCS was the Region 13 runner-up, and finished ranked in the top 25 in one poll.

In the summer of 2021, Keeran coached in the Prospect Collegiate League for the Lafayette Aviators. The Aviators went 45-20 and won the regular season league title. They won both half's of the division championship in the Wabash River division. They were regular season & postseason Eastern Conference Champions. The team took second in the league in the postseason format. Nine players from the Aviators moved on to play professional baseball. During the summer of 2020, Coach Keeran was the head coach for Those Guys Baseball, and independent amateur team in Iowa. Those guys finished the season 26-5 (most wins in Iowa). They had wins over teams in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, and South Dakota.

In the summer of 2019, he was the head coach for the Bancroft Bandits in the Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League. The Bandits went on to win the league championship with a 33-5 record. During the summer of 2018, he was head coach of the Albert Lea Lakers in the Pioneer Collegiate Baseball League. Keeran recruited a 25-man roster that went on to win the league championship with a 34-6 record. Keeran is 67-11 with two championships in two years as a head coach in the PCBL. Keeran has coached 12 professional baseball players and has former players in the following leagues: MLB affiliated, American Association, Frontier League, United Shores League, Pecos League, and International Professional Leagues.

Keeran joined the VCSU staff after one season as an assistant softball coach for Grinnell College, helping the team to a school-record 24 wins. Keeran coached the Midwest Conference Player of the Year, and an All-American in 2018. Keeran was an assistant varsity baseball coach for the Clear Lake baseball program in Iowa (2013-2016). Clear Lake won the Iowa High School State Championships in 2013, 2015, and 2016. 

Keeran obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in elementary education from Waldorf University. He completed his master's degree in organizational leadership with a concentration in sports management from Waldorf University.