Dean Brill

Luton Town

Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, Brill joined Luton at the age of nine, progressing through the Centre of Excellence and representing Luton Schools and Bedfordshire County Schools at various age groups. His abilities alerted the attention of bigger clubs, including Liverpool, but Luton fought off the competition to secure his signature. Beginning 2003–04 as understudy to Rob Beckwith, Brill made his league debut as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat away to Oldham Athletic, after Beckwith had been sent off. His full league debut came three weeks later in a 3–1 win at home to Wycombe Wanderers and retained his place for the following two matches, a 1–0 win away to Stevenage Borough in the Football League Trophy and a 4–2 defeat away to Brentford. With regular goalkeeper Marlon Beresford unavailable, Brill began 2005–06 as the number one goalkeeper, impressing against newly relegated Crystal Palace during a 2–1 victory at Selhurst Park on the opening day of the season. Brill made his first appearance of 2006–07 as a substitute in a 3–0 defeat away to Preston North End. His first starting appearance of the season came in a 3–2 defeat at home to Queens Park Rangers, where he deputised for the suspended Beresford. However, following the loan signing of Dean Kiely from Portsmouth, Brill was pushed down to third-choice goalkeeper and in December 2006, he was loaned to League One club Gillingham. He made eight appearances during a month-long stay. Having made 12 first-team…

Dean Brill was originally appointed goalkeeping coach at Leyton Orient on 3 August 2017 and interim head coach on 14 November before returning to playing. He was appointed first-team coach at Leyton Orient in January 2020 and head of goalkeeping in July 2020. He left Orient in June 2021 to become a goalkeeping coach at Tottenham Hotspur's academy where he became head of academy goalkeeping in July 2022. In July 2025, Brill was promoted to first team assistant goalkeeping coach.

Luton Town

Football League Trophy: 2008–09 Inverness Caledonian Thistle

Scottish Cup: 2014–15 Scottish League Cup runner-up: 2013–14 Leyton Orient

National League: 2018–19 FA Trophy runner-up: 2018–19 Individual

Luton Town Young Player of the Season: 2006–07 National League Team of the Year: 2018–19