Michael Keathley

{{Short description|American football player (born 1978)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL player

|name=Michael Keathley

|image=

|caption=

|position=Guard

|number=61

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1978|3|9}}

|birth_place=Arlington, Texas

|death_date=

|death_place=

|height_ft=6

|height_in=5

|weight_lbs=264

|undraftedyear=2001

|high_school=Glen Rose (Glen Rose, Texas)

|college=TCU

|pastteams=

• San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|2001|2002}})
• Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2003}})
• San Diego Chargers ({{NFL Year|2003}})
• Chicago Bears ({{NFL Year|2004}})*

|pfr=KeatMi20

|statlabel1=Games played

|statvalue1=36

|statlabel2=Games started

|statvalue2=4

}}

Michael Dean Keathley (born March 9, 1978){{cite web |date= |title=Michael Keathley Stats |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/K/KeatMi20.htm |access-date=October 3, 2019 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com}} is a former American football guard in the National Football League (NFL). He played for the San Diego Chargers.{{cite web |date= |title=Michael Keathley |url=https://www.nfl.com/players/michael-keathley/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040411182514/http://www.nfl.com/players/playerpage/237973 |archive-date=April 11, 2004 |access-date=October 2, 2020 |work=Nfl.com}}

In 2003, Keathley was claimed by the Houston Texans after being waived by the Chargers, but he did not play any games for the Texans and re-signed with the Chargers later that year.{{Cite web |date=2004-03-25 |title=Bears sign Michael Keathley |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=nfl&id=1768195 |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}} In 2004, Keathley signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Bears, though he did not play.{{Cite news |date=2004-03-26 |title=TRANSACTIONS |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/26/sports/transactions-952265.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |issn=0362-4331}}

Keathley played college football at Texas Christian University.{{cite web |title=Michael Keathley |url=http://www.chargers.com/team/roster_details.cfm?last_name=Keathley&first_name=Michael |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040203033137/http://www.chargers.com/team/roster_details.cfm?last_name=Keathley&first_name=Michael |archive-date=February 3, 2004 |access-date=October 2, 2020 |publisher=San Diego Chargers}}

After his career in the NFL, he settled in Athens, Pennsylvania on his ranch, the Triple K Ranch, with his wife and three sons. He began to volunteer as a football coach; he has coached all three of his sons in high school football.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}