Full name David John Kevan Years Team Place of birth Wigtown, Scotland Name Dave Kevan | Playing position Role Footballer –1985 Notts County Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1968-08-31) 31 August 1968 (age 47) | ||
New first team coach dave kevan on joining cheltenham town
David John "Dave" Kevan (born 31 August 1968) is a former Scottish footballer. He is also a former professional player who played as a midfielder for Notts County, Cardiff City, Stoke City, Maidstone United, Bournemouth.
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- New first team coach dave kevan on joining cheltenham town
- Dave kevan
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- As a player
- As a manager
- Honours
- References
Dave kevan
Playing career
Kevan was born in Wigtown and began his career with English Third Division club Notts County. He made his debut for the Magpies against Gillingham in February 1986 and forced his way into the first team in 1986–87 season making 38 appearances. He played in 40 games in 1987–88 as Notts missed out on promotion by a single point. He played 24 times in 1988–89 but lost his place in 1989–90 and spent a month on loan at Cardiff City, making seven appearances.
In February 1990 Kevan joined Stoke City under the management of Alan Ball. His debut for Stoke was in the Potteries derby against Port Vale in a 0–0 draw. Stoke were relegated to the Third Division at the end of the season and Kevan found himself out of the team in 1990–91 making eight appearances and spent time out on loan at Maidstone United. New manager Lou Macari moved Kevan into defence in 1991–92 and he played in 57 matches including in the 1992 Football League Trophy Final. He made 16 appearances in 1992–93 as Stoke won promotion back to the second tier. Kevan then ended his career at Bournemouth making a single appearance before returning to the Victoria Ground to become a coach.
Coaching career
After retiring as a professional player, Kevan joined the coaching staff of Stoke City. Kevan was appointed first-team coach in 2001, and later spent a spell as caretaker manager in October 2002. Kevan became Assistant Manager at Notts County in 2007, having held similar posts at both Stoke City and Burnley. Kevan rejected an approach from Crewe Alexandra to become their Assistant Manager. Following the sacking of Ian McParland, Kevan took charge for the next two games and when Hans Backe was named as manager Kevan was kept as Assistant Manager. Just seven weeks later he took the position of Caretaker manager against as Hans Backe resigned. He remained in charge until 23 February 2010, and reverted to his previous role as Assistant upon the appointment of Steve Cotterill as manager. Kevan was sacked as Assistant Manager of Notts County on 24 October 2010.
Kevan joined the coaching staff at Stockport County in December 2010. He then joined Hereford United in January 2011. He re-joined former club Stoke City in June 2011 taking the position of Academy Team Manager. He left Stoke on 22 May 2013.
In September 2013, Kevan joined Cheltenham Town as the first team coach. But just two months later, he joined Forest Green Rovers as assistant manager following the appointment of his former Stoke colleague, Adrian Pennock, to the managerial role at The New Lawn. Despite having helped Forest Green to a top five place in the Football Conference and with just five games left in the 2014-15 season, he quit the club and re-joined Notts County as first team coach on 31 March 2015. He left the club in December 2015.