Henry Keep (July 19, 1872 – December 1965)[2][3] was an American football coach.

He served as the first head football coach at Michigan Agricultural College, now known as Michigan State University, from 1897 to 1898, compiling a record of 8–5–1.

He served as the school's football and track coach while also attending the college as an engineering student.

[6] Keep and his wife, Esther Maude Durgin[7] had a daughter, Margaret in 1914 in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania.

[8] He also later worked for the Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh.