Manager and Director of Football Operations, He was the personnel director for the Oakland Invaders of the USFL in 1985. After the USFL dismantled, Keller worked for a time has a scout for the Dallas Cowboys. Since 1988, Keller and his company, Keller Enterprises/RFL Llc, have been engaged in sports management and consulting. His clients have included rodeo and rugby leagues, as well as a professional football league planning to play its games in the spring. From 1990 to 1992, he was the general manager of the Sacramento Surge in the fledgling World League of American Football. From 1995 to 1996, he was the general manager of the Scottish Claymores in the NFL Europe. In January 2000, when WWF owner Vince McMahon ventured into the professional football business to form the XFL, he hired Keller as the league's vice president of football operations. In May 2000, Keller told reporters, "All the best players in the world not playing in the NFL will be playing in the XFL." The XFL began its inaugural season in February 2001 and folded in May 2001. Beginning in March 2003, he was the chief operating officer of the American Rugby Football League LLC. Keller noted, "I consult on start-ups. I've become sort of a start-up guru." From 2013 to 2014, Keller was the Chief Operating Officer of the A11FL. Personal life Keller and his wife, Kimberly, have two grown children, Jessica and Sam. His son Sam Keller played college football as a quarterback for Arizona State University from 2003 to 2005 and for the University of Nebraska in 2007. References 1949 births Living people People from Grand Rapids, Michigan Players of American football from Michigan Michigan Wolverines football players Dallas Cowboys players American chief operating officers Dallas Cowboys scouts