Keith Gilroy (born 18 July 1983) is an Irish football coach and former professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

Playing career

His previous clubs include

Sligo Rovers Sligo Rovers Football Club is an Irish professional association football, football club playing in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland. The club is based in Sligo in the west of Ireland. The club was founded in 1928 and have been in ...

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...

, and more recently

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and

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 107,800 at the 2021 Census, making it a "large town" ...

. After a short spell at Sligo Rovers, Gilroy made the step up to

where he failed to play a first team game. After being released, he joined

for a two-year spell before leaving in the summer of 2005 to play 2 games for

, after and unsuccessful spell, he joined Burton Albion. Gilroy signed a new two-year contract after promotion to

the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ...

, but injuries restricted his playing time before his release in May 2011.

Coaching career

Following his release by Burton in 2011, Gilroy became a coach at the

Derby County Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...

academy. He later started his own driving school, called 'Gilroy Driving'. In 2019, he returned to former club Burton Albion as a coach. In June 2025, Gilroy left his role as academy director at Burton Albion to return to work in Derby County's academy, in the role of Head of Academy Coaching.

Honours

Conference National The National League, officially known as Vanarama National League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in England. The National League is the first division of the National League (English football), National Le ...

: 2009

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gilroy, Keith 1983 births Living people Sligo Rovers F.C. players League of Ireland players Scarborough F.C. players Darlington F.C. players Burton Albion F.C. players Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers English Football League players National League (English football) players Men's association football midfielders Association footballers from County Sligo English football coaches Burton Albion F.C. non-playing staff Derby County F.C. non-playing staff 21st-century Irish sportsmen