Brian Kerr (Scottish footballer)

Brian Kerr (born 12 October 1981) is a Scottish football coach and former player.

Brian Kerr
Personal information
Full name Brian Kerr
Date of birth (1981-10-12) 12 October 1981
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2004 Newcastle United 9 (0)
2002 → Coventry City (loan) 3 (0)
2003 → Livingston (loan) 13 (0)
2004 → Coventry City (loan) 9 (0)
2004–2007 Motherwell 79 (5)
2007–2008 Hibernian 25 (1)
2009 Inverness CT 10 (1)
2009–2010 Dundee 35 (1)
2011–2013 Arbroath 57 (1)
Total 240 (9)
National team
2003–2004 Scotland 3 (0)
Teams managed
2017–2018 Albion Rovers
2018 East Kilbride
2018–2019 Partick Thistle (Assistant)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During his career, Kerr played as a midfielder for Newcastle United, Coventry City, Livingston, Motherwell, Hibernian, Inverness CT, Dundee and Arbroath. He represented Scotland at senior international level, earning three caps.

Since retiring as a player, Kerr has managed Albion Rovers and East Kilbride.

Playing career

Kerr started his career with Newcastle United, but failed to hold down a regular first team place. Despite this, he won three caps for Scotland under the management of Berti Vogts.[1] When Kerr was released by Newcastle in 2004, he signed for his home town club Motherwell.[2] His career then suffered a major setback when he damaged an anterior cruciate ligament in a pre-season friendly, causing him to be out of football for almost nine months.[3] He finally made his debut for the club against Aberdeen on 9 April 2005.[4] After recovering from his injury, Kerr re-established his place in Motherwell's first-team squad, and he scored his first goal for the club with a spectacular strike in a 4–4 draw with Celtic in July 2005.[5]

In 2007, Kerr left Motherwell and signed a two-year contract with Hibernian.[6] Kerr scored (what proved to be the winner in a 1–0 victory) on his debut for Hibernian against Edinburgh derby rivals Hearts on 6 August 2007.[7] He played regularly under John Collins, but found it harder to hold down a first team place under Mixu Paatelainen and was released on 1 September 2008.[8]

It was reported by BBC Sport in September 2008 that Kerr was in signing talks with Major League Soccer club Toronto FC.[9] Kerr failed to agree terms with Toronto and then had unsuccessful trial periods with Brighton & Hove Albion and Oldham Athletic.[10] Kerr told the Daily Record during January 2009 that he may have to end his playing career due to his failure to find a new club since leaving Hibs.[11] Soon afterwards, however, new Inverness CT manager Terry Butcher invited Kerr on trial and he was signed on 2 February.[12] He made his debut for Inverness against former side Hibernian in a 2–0 win and scored his first goal against Hamilton. Inverness were relegated on the last day of the season and Kerr was subsequently released by the club.

On 29 June 2009, Kerr signed a contract with Dundee.[13] He scored his first and what turned out to be only goal for Dundee against former club Inverness Caledonian Thistle on 6 March 2010.[14] On 15 October 2010, Kerr had his contract terminated by Dundee due to the club entering administration.[15] Kerr signed for Arbroath in July 2011.[16] At Arbroath he scored once in a 4–2 win over Ayr United.[17] He left the club in 2013.[18]

Coaching career

In June 2016, Kerr was appointed to a coaching position by Albion Rovers.[19] After Darren Young left the club in May 2017, Kerr was appointed first-team manager on 8 May 2017.[20] He had a difficult first season, with Rovers being relegated to Scottish League Two in April 2018, and Kerr decided to leave the club soon afterwards.[21]

On 18 May 2018, Kerr was appointed manager of Lowland League club East Kilbride.[22] Kerr resigned his position as manager on 15 October 2018, to become assistant manager of Partick Thistle under Gary Caldwell.[23] Caldwell and Kerr were sacked by Thistle in September 2019.[24]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 20 October 2018
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Albion Rovers May 2017 May 2018 43 10 9 24 023.26
East Kilbride May 2018 October 2018 12 8 3 1 066.67
Total 55 18 12 25 032.73

References
  1. Paul Thomson (30 May 2018). "East Kilbride boss Brian Kerr outlines his vision for club after serving under big names like Sir Bobby Robson". Daily Record. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. "Kerr joins Motherwell". BBC Sport. 30 June 2004. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  3. "Kerr faces knee surgery". BBC Sport. 30 July 2004. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. "Aberdeen 1-3 Motherwell". BBC Sport. 9 April 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. "Motherwell 4-4 Celtic". BBC Sport. 30 July 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. "Collins welcomes capture of Kerr". BBC Sport. 3 May 2007.
  7. Clive Lindsay (6 August 2007). "Hearts 0–1 Hibernian". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 August 2007.
  8. "Hibs sign Bamba from Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 1 September 2008.
  9. "Kerr considering move to Toronto". BBC Sport. 12 September 2008. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
  10. Freed Hibs misfit Brian Kerr set to join Hamilton Accies Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, Hibernian Mad, 26 October 2008
  11. Duncan, Colin (23 January 2009). "Exclusive: I may have to quit football after being dumped by Hibs, admits Brian Kerr". Daily Record. MediaScotland.
  12. "Caley complete Kerr capture". Setanta Sports. 2 February 2009.
  13. "Midfielder Kerr signs for Dundee". BBC Sport. 29 June 2009.
  14. David McDaid (6 March 2010). "Dundee 2-2 Inverness CT". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  15. Spence, Jim (15 October 2010). "Dundee given 50-50 survival chance by administrator". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
  16. Stewart, Craig (4 July 2011). "Alloa bring in experienced Brian Kerr". The Scotsman. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
  17. "Arbroath 4-2 Ayr United". BBC Sport. 18 August 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  18. "Scottish League One ins and outs summer 2013". BBC Sport. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  19. "Kerr named Albion Rovers U20 coach". SPFL. 28 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2016.
  20. "New Manager announced". Albion Rovers FC. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  21. "Albion Rovers: Manager Brian Kerr and assistant Stuart Malcolm leave club". BBC Sport. 7 May 2018. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  22. "Brian Kerr - New Manager". East Kilbride FC. 18 May 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  23. "Gary Caldwell becomes Thistle manager". Partick Thistle FC. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 18 October 2018.
  24. "Gary Caldwell sacked as Partick Thistle boss". BBC Sport. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  25. "Albion Rovers thrown out of Challenge Cup, Spartans now face Linfield". BBC Sport. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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