Dylan Kerr was born on 14 January 1967 and is a Maltese-born English football manager and former professional player who was most recently the head coach at South African Premier Division club Marumo Gallants.
42 Facts About Dylan Kerr
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Dylan Kerr is currently working as a coach for Soccer Stars United in the USA.
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Dylan Kerr made a number of appearances in the Leeds United first team as they won the Division 2 and Division 1 titles, but was unable to hold down a regular place.
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Dylan Kerr joined Reading in the summer of 1993 and won the player of the season award in his first season, as Reading won the Division 2 title.
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Dylan Kerr was part of the Reading side that finished second in Division 1 the following season but missed out on automatic promotion to the Premier League, as the division was being restructured.
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Dylan Kerr had spells with Harrogate Town and Gateshead before returning to Hamilton Academical in 2003.
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Dylan Kerr has won two league titles and five cup competitions since 2014 as a head coach in Vietnam, Tanzania, Kenya and South Africa and has helped four South African Premier Division clubs avoid relegation after taking charge with the club in danger of being relegated.
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Dylan Kerr worked for the Football Associations of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and qualified for various UEFA badges.
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In September 2009, Dylan Kerr joined South African club Mpumalanga Black Aces as assistant manager.
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Dylan Kerr followed the franchise when it was sold to Hai Phong.
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Dylan Kerr assisted the head coach and was head of development for the younger players.
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In 2012 Dylan Kerr was involved with the Vietnamese national team for the AFF Championship, assisting the technical bench and heading the fitness programme.
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In 2013 Dylan Kerr became head coach of Hai Phong, leading them to success in the Vietnam National Cup in his first season.
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In 2015, Dylan Kerr was Burton Albion Academy's Under-18s head coach, before joining Tanzanian Premier League club Simba as head coach.
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Dylan Kerr guided the team into the top three in the league.
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In July 2017, Dylan Kerr was confirmed as head coach of Gor Mahia.
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Dylan Kerr won the Kenyan Premier League manager of the month award in September 2017 on his way to winning the league title in his first season.
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Dylan Kerr won the Kenyan Premier League coach of the month award again in June 2018.
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Dylan Kerr completed a trophy treble in 2018, winning the Kenyan Premier League, Kenyan Super Cup and SportPesa Super Cup, as well as securing qualification for the 2018 CAF Confederation Cup group stages.
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In November 2018, Dylan Kerr was appointed as manager of Black Leopards in the South African Premier Division.
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Dylan Kerr won the coach of the month award in January 2019, becoming the first Leopards coach in 10 years to win the accolade, and helped Leopards avoid relegation.
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In January 2020, Dylan Kerr was appointed as the head coach of Baroka.
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Dylan Kerr kept Baroka in the South African Premier Division, but Baroka suspended him in November 2020 for what the club described as 'undermining the chairman and owner in a post-match press conference'.
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Dylan Kerr returned to Black Leopards in November 2020, then was appointed head coach at Tshakhuma Tsha Madzivhandila in February 2021 and won the Nedbank Cup during his time in charge.
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In November 2021, Dylan Kerr was appointed as the head coach of Moroka Swallows with Swallows in the South African Premier Division relegation zone.
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Dylan Kerr guided Swallows to safety via the play-offs, but his contract was not renewed and he left the club in September 2022.
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In January 2023, Dylan Kerr was appointed as acting head coach for South African Premier Division club Marumo Gallants with the club at the bottom of the division and on a run of eight games without a win, having won just two PSL games all season.
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Dylan Kerr guided them to the semi-finals of the CAF Confederation Cup.
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Dylan Kerr believes the dispute was a contributing factor in the side's relegation.
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Dylan Kerr spent his entire time working for Gallants without having a work permit approved, meaning he had to sit in the stands for all of the side's games.
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On 9 July 2024, it was announced that Dylan Kerr had been reappointed as manager of Marumo Gallants, after the club purchased PSL status from Dylan Kerr's former club Moroka Swallows.
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Dylan Kerr resigned after only three weeks in the role following the club's decision to appoint a co-coach.
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On 28 January 2025, Dylan Kerr was announced as a coach for Soccer Stars United in New York, USA.
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Dylan Kerr was born in Valletta, Malta, but grew up in Mexborough, England.
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Dylan Kerr was exposed to voodoo practices as part of an initiation ceremony when he joined South African club Arcadia Shepherds in 1988 as a 21-year-old.
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Dylan Kerr revealed that he stood in a bath, naked apart from his football boots, as the heads were cut off three live chickens and their blood was poured on him.
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Dylan Kerr says he is lucky to be alive after he was involved in a car accident during his time as a player at Reading FC.
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Dylan Kerr was driving and had a passenger in the car.
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Dylan Kerr was married in 1995 at the age of 28, but the marriage ended within a year.
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In September 2022, Dylan Kerr was inducted into the Reading FC Hall of Fame.
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Dylan Kerr was a pundit for South African broadcaster SuperSports' Euro 2020 coverage in 2021.
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Dylan Kerr is a co-host of the "1871" podcast, a podcast for Reading FC fans.