Keith Buderus enters his third season on the UCCS men’s soccer coaching staff in 2023 after joining Head Men’s Soccer Coach Lewis Wilcox’s interim staff as an assistant for the 2021 season and officially being hired as a full-time assistant coach in January of 2022.

With Buderus on the staff, UCCS has posted a 19-13-5 overall record and is coming off one of their most successful seasons in the history of the program in the form of a 2022 campaign that saw the Mountain Lions tally the fourth-best winning percentage in team history at .650 (11-5-4). Buderus has also helped the UCCS men’s soccer team secure a wide array of conference, regional, and national awards throughout his time at UCCS, including nine All-RMAC selections, two RMAC major awards, eight D2CCA/United Soccer Coaches All-Region honors, one D2CCA All-America selection, three RMAC All-Academic First Team honors, four College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades, and one CSC Academic All-America selection.

Prior to moving to Colorado Springs, Buderus was the Men’s Soccer Head Coach at Northeastern Junior College (NJCAA Division 1) in Sterling, CO from November 2018 to June 2021. Before being officially named head coach, he served as the interim head coach for the 2018 season from June to November 2018. His tenure at Northeastern began in August 2017 when he worked as the men’s and women’s assistant coach. Buderus leaves Northeastern Men’s Soccer as the program’s all-time winningest coach and was in charge when the team achieved every major program record, athletically and academically.

During Buderus’ tenure as head coach, the Plainsmen held an overall record of 32-14-6 overall, 23-5-2 in Region IX matches and 21-4 at home. Over the course of the four years Buderus was on staff, the Plainsmen were 45-22-6 overall, 30-11-2 in Region IX matches, 29-7 at home and 14-4-2 in October. The program is also very proud to have received the Region IX MVP Award three years in a row (2017-2019). 

Under the leadership of Buderus, the Plainsmen achieved national recognition each year, rising as high as 12th in the national rankings (2018) and placing 24 total student athletes on the NJCAA Academic All-American teams. During the 2021-22 year, the program earned their strongest GPA in an academic semester with an average of 3.23 which placed them 19th overall in NJCAA Men’s Soccer Team GPA. The team had 12 student athletes (of 30 total players) on the NJCAA Academic All-American teams. For the second year in a row, they were the strongest academic men’s athletic program at NJC. 

The 2019-20 year concluded finishing second place overall in Region IX, 13-5-3 overall, 8-1-1 conference. This was the first season where the region was not split into two divisions. The team’s 54 total goals scored beats the school record set the previous season (49). Their average team GPA was 3.11 which placed them 28thoverall in NJCAA Men’s Soccer Team GPA and with 9 NJCAA Academic All-Americans they were the strongest academic men’s athletic program at NJC. 

As interim head coach in 2018-19, the Plainsmen finished the season as champions of the Region IX South Division and continued the tremendous momentum within the program by setting numerous school records. NJC was 14-5-1 overall while going 7-1 in division games, both school records. For the first time in school history, the Plainsmen achieved national ranking for over one month, rising as high as 12th.

In 2017-18, during his first season as the Men’s Assistant Soccer Coach under head coach David Groves, the Plainsmen finished with a 13-8 overall record. The Plainsmen finished the season as one of the most in-form teams in the country, winning seven games in a row during the month of October. NJC eventually fell 2-1 in the Region IX Final. The 13 wins set the school record at the time and the Plainsmen were a game away from competing in the national tournament. Groves was subsequently named Region IX Coach of the Year and his entire coaching staff was recognized for the historical season. 

Prior to Northeastern, Buderus worked for the Westminster Soccer Club as a staff coach. Additionally, he was the Assistant Boys’ Varsity Soccer Coach for Mountain Range High School for two years (2014-15). Mountain Range is in the Front Range League, which is the strongest 5A soccer conference in the state.

Born and raised in Fort Collins, CO, Buderus attended Colorado State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing.