He previously coached Surrey County, Rosslyn Park F.C. and London Division before being appointed as the first full-time professional scrummaging coach in the UK with Wasps RFC[2] and later with England.
A three-time Cambridge blue as a hooker, he also played for Stroud, Gloucester, Rosslyn Park,[8] Eastern Counties, London Division and the Barbarians during a 22-year playing career. An England trialist in 1969, he was reserve hooker for England against South Africa and on various occasions in the 1970s.[citation needed]
After leaving university he taught at Trinity School Croydon and later at Dulwich College. Whilst at Dulwich he was involved with the launch of Rhino Rugby the scrum machine manufacturers before switching to full time coaching when rugby union became openly professional in 1995.
Keith-Roach was present at all three England World Cup victories: the football World Cup final in 1966, the rugby World Cup final in 2003 as England scrum coach, and the cricket World Cup final in 2019.[9]
