Grant McKelvey

Grant McKelvey (born 28 December 1968) is a senior manager at the Scottish Rugby Union who has also worked as a coach. He gained one international cap for the Scotland national rugby union team in 1997.

Early life

McKelvey was born on 28 December 1968 in Chingola, Zambia. He went to Knox Academy in Haddington and played for the Scottish Schools under-15s in 1984.[1]

Rugby career

He played one Autumn international match as hooker for Scotland against Australia at Murrayfield on 22 November 1997.

In July 2000 the Reivers announced that he had left their squad to concentrate on his work as a SRU development officer in East Lothian.[2]

He coached Musselburgh RFC until 2003 when he became the rugby development manager for Edinburgh.[3]

In 2007 he became the Scotland national under-18 rugby union team coach, having previously coached the under-17 team.[4] In December 2014 he became a talent identification and performance projects manager.[5]

References
  1. McMurtrie, Bill (31 March 1984). "Young Scots fail to hold Wales". The Glasgow Herald. p. 18. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  2. "Injury forces McNulty to call it a day with Reivers". The Scotsman. 5 July 2000. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  3. "McKelvey moves on". The Scotsman. 11 November 2003. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  4. "New Head Coaches For Scotland Age-Grade Teams" (Press release). Scottish Rugby Union. 14 September 2007. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
  5. Black, Gareth (11 November 2003). "Graeme Beveridge gets academy role with Edinburgh". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
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