McIlroy has enjoyed a successful five-year tenure as Shrimps boss and brought the club into the Football League for the first time.
Yet the current campaign has been a struggle and McIlroy`s men lie just three places above the relegation zone.
McIlroy told the Visitor: "I've got a good relationship with the chairman and we are always very honest with each other.
"I am totally honest with myself and fully admit that the results haven't been good enough for me this season.
"After all the hard work that has been undertaken here over the past five years I would hate to have it on my CV that I was the man in charge when Morecambe were relegated from the Football League."
Source: PA
Source: PA