John Kear
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| Nickname | Le Professeur, JK | |||||
| Born | 25 November 1954 Castleford, Yorkshire, England |
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| Position | Wing | |||||
| Coaching information | ||||||
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| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1995–1996 | Paris Saint-Germain | |||||
| 1997–1999 | Sheffield Eagles | 65 | 24 | 3 | 38 | 37 |
| 1999 | Hudd'sfield-Sheffield | |||||
| 2005–2006 | Hull | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 42 |
| 2006–2011 | Wakefield Trinity | 103 | 49 | 1 | 53 | 48 |
| Total | 180 | 78 | 4 | 98 | 43 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Gms | W | D | L | W% |
| 1997 | France | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100 |
| 2000 | England | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 67 |
| Source: Rugby League Project | ||||||
John Kear (born 25 November 1954 in Castleford, Yorkshire) is an English rugby league coach and former rugby league player. Kear is currently the coach of Batley Bulldogs. Kear played on the Wing or in the Centre position for Castleford Tigers.
[edit] Early career
After stints working as a conditioner for Castleford Tigers, head coach of Bramley (1992), working in the player performance department of the Rugby Football League, head coach of Paris St Germain and assistant coach to both England and Great Britain, he took over the coaching reigns at Sheffield Eagles in 1997, taking them to the Premiership semi-final in that year. A year later he was the coach who led Sheffield Eagles to a remarkable Challenge Cup final victory over Wigan Warriors, this triumph is believed by many to be the greatest shock in Challenge Cup history.
Sheffield merged with Huddersfield Giants after the 1999 season and Kear retained his job as coached of the merged side before moving on to become the assistant coach to Stuart Raper at Wigan.
He was coach of the England team in the 2000 World Cup,[1] leading them to the semi-finals.
[edit] Later career
He left Wigan for the First Team Coach role at Hull, working with Shaun McRae. He stepped up to First Team coach at Hull in 2005 when predecessor Shaun McRae left to take charge of South Sydney Rabbitohs.[2] He led the club to victory over Leeds Rhinos, by a 25-24 scoreline in the 2005 Challenge Cup in his first season. However in April 2006 he was sacked by Hull[3] and took charge of Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in July 2006 where he steered the team clear of relegation with four wins from the last six matches of the season, culminating in the great escape and condemning Castleford Tigers to relegation to National League 1.
In 2007 he fielded a predominantly untried squad and led the Wildcats to 8th position in the Super League, their second highest Super League finish.
In 2009 Kear led Wakefield to 5th position, their highest ever Super League finish. The team were knocked out of the first round of the play-offs by Catalan Dragons.
In 2011 Kear left Wakefield to become head coach of the Batley Bulldogs
[edit] References
- ^ Fiji send warning to Kear's troops (03.11.2000)
- ^ hullfc.com. "Coaches and Captains". History. Hull FC. http://www.hullfc.com/page.aspx?p=998. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ Kear makes swift Hull departure (3 April 2006) news.bbc.co.uk
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