Career
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. Keep was a student at the University of Michigan during the 1893-1894 academic year before transferring to Michigan Agricultural.
As of 1901, he was working for the George Fuller & Company in New New York
He also later worked for the Carnegie Steel Company in Pittsburgh.
