We have produced a video covering all the coaching team but this is what Claude had to say about Lee Grant’s assistant Richard Keogh.
Walsall (Bescot Stadium) have appointed Richard Keogh as Assistant Head Coach, reuniting him with Lee Grant. Keogh, 39, is a former Republic of Ireland international with 700+ appearances, mostly at Derby County, where he won Player of the Year twice and Players’ Player of the Year three times. Since retiring in 2024 he’s moved through coaching roles quickly: first-team coach then interim manager at Blackpool (reaching the Carabao Cup third round), then Assistant Head Coach at Barnsley under Conor Hourihane from May 2025, leaving after a 15th-place finish when Hourihane departed.
If you want my honest read rather than just the summary: this is a fairly classic “experienced ex-pro cycling through assistant roles” pattern – three clubs in two years, with the Barnsley stint ending in a mid-table finish and both him and his boss walking out together. That’s not necessarily a red flag (managerial team departures together are common and not always his fault), but it doesn’t scream “proven coaching track record” either – it’s still early days for him as a coach, and Walsall fans should probably see this as a bet on potential and connections (reuniting with Grant) rather than a hire with a demonstrated coaching CV.
