{{Short description|Irish footballer and coach}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Keith Gilroy | image = | fullname = Keith Gilroy | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|7|8|df=y}} | birth_place = Sligo, Ireland | height = 1.78 m<ref>{{Cite web|title=Keith Gilroy - Player Profile - Football|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/keith-gilroy_prs218351/person.shtml|access-date=2022-01-06|website=Eurosport UK|language=en}}</ref> | position = Midfield | years1 = 2001–2002 |clubs1 = Sligo Rovers |caps1 = 6 |goals1 = 1 | years2 = 2002–2003 |clubs2 = Middlesbrough |caps2 = 0 |goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2003–2005 |clubs3 = Scarborough |caps3 = 41 |goals3 = 5 | years4 = 2005 |clubs4 = Darlington |caps4 = 2 |goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2005–2011 |clubs5 = Burton Albion |caps5 = 140 |goals5 = 15 | years6 = 2013 |clubs6 = Stapenhill |caps6 = 1 |goals6 = 0 | totalcaps = 190 | totalgoals = 21 | nationalyears1 = 1999–2000 | nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U16 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = | nationalteam2 = Republic of Ireland U21 | nationalcaps2 = | nationalgoals2 = | club-update = }} '''Keith Gilroy''' (born 18 July 1983) is an Irish football coach and former professional footballer.
==Playing career== His previous clubs include Sligo Rovers, Middlesbrough, and more recently Scarborough and Darlington.
After a short spell at Sligo Rovers, Gilroy made the step up to Middlesbrough where he failed to play a first team game. After being released, he joined Scarborough for a two-year spell before leaving in the summer of 2005 to play 2 games for Darlington, after and unsuccessful spell, he joined Burton Albion.
Gilroy signed a new two-year contract after promotion to the Football League, but injuries restricted his playing time before his release in May 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10950~2356423,00.html|title=Gilroy released|date=2011-09-05|accessdate=2011-09-05|work=burtonalbionfc.co.uk|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511200359/http://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10950~2356423,00.html|archivedate=11 May 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Coaching career== Following his release by Burton in 2011, Gilroy became a coach at the Derby County academy. He later started his own driving school, called 'Gilroy Driving'. In 2019, he returned to former club Burton Albion as a coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.burtonalbionfc.co.uk/news/2019/october/0210-keith/|title = Keith Gilroy Joins Academy Coaching Staff}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dcfc.co.uk/news/2025/06/academy-news-derby-county-academy-update-ahead-of-202526|title=ACADEMY NEWS: Derby County Academy update ahead of 2025/26|date=24 June 2025|access-date=25 June 2025|publisher=Derby County}}</ref>
==Honours== *Conference National: 2009
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gilroy, Keith}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Sligo Rovers F.C. players Category:League of Ireland players Category:Scarborough F.C. players Category:Darlington F.C. players Category:Burton Albion F.C. players Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers Category:Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers Category:English Football League players Category:National League (English football) players Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Association footballers from County Sligo Category:English football coaches Category:Burton Albion F.C. non-playing staff Category:Derby County F.C. non-playing staff Category:21st-century Irish sportsmen