Keith Long

Keith Long
Personal information
Full name	Keith Long
Date of birth	14 November 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Senior career*
Years	Team
1990–1993	Stoke City
1993–1996	Dundalk
1996–2000	St Patrick's Athletic
2000–2005	Bray Wanderers
Total
Managerial career
2011–2012	Bray Wanderers
2014	Athlone Town
2014–2022	Bohemians
2023–	Waterford
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Long (born 14 November 1973) is an Irish football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division team Waterford.

Long is a former Bray Wanderers player, assistant manager and was previously caretaker manager before taking over in November 2011 from Pat Devlin.^[1]

Long also played for Stoke City before joining Dundalk in 1993 and then St Patrick's Athletic before joining Bray Wanderers in 2000 where he played 138 games before retiring in 2005.^[2]

His first league goal was the winner for Dundalk at Eamonn Deacy Park on 4 November 1995.

Long made a substitute appearance in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup at the Malmö Stadion ^[3]

On 29 April 2014, he was named as manager of Athlone Town.^[4]

He could not prevent Athlone Town's relegation from the League of Ireland Premier Division and departed the club to become manager of Bohemians on 30 October 2014.^[5] On 30 August 2022, a day after a 3–1 home defeat to St Patrick's Athletic, he was sacked by Bohs without winning a major trophy during his 8 years at the club.^[6]

On 29 March 2023, Long was appointed manager of League of Ireland First Division club Waterford.^[7]

Managerial statistics

As of maych played on 16 August 2024^{[citation needed]}

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Bray Wanderers	1 December 2011	15 September 2012	33	7	9	17	021.21
Athlone Town	29 April 2014	25 October 2014	24	4	10	10	016.67
Bohemians	30 October 2014	30 August 2022	299	133	63	103	044.48
Waterford	29 March 2023	Present	69	38	12	19	055.07
Total			425	182	94	149	042.82