 Keen as West Ham United coach in 2009 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Ian Keen | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Amersham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1983 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 | (0) |
| 1983–1993 | West Ham United | 219 | (21) |
| 1993–1994 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 42 | (7) |
| 1994–2000 | Stoke City | 176 | (10) |
| 2000–2002 | Macclesfield Town | 62 | (2) |
| Total | 502 | (40) | |
| International career | |||
| 1982 | England Schoolboys | ||
| 1983–1984 | England U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 1984–1985 | England Youth | 7 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001 | Macclesfield Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2006 | West Ham United (caretaker) | ||
| 2008 | West Ham United (caretaker) | ||
| 2011 | West Ham United (caretaker) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Colchester United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Kevin Ian Keen (born 25 February 1967) is an English football coach and former player. Keen is currently the coach of West Ham United under-18 team.
Keen began his career with Wycombe Wanderers before joining West Ham United in 1983. He spent seven seasons with the "Hammers" twice gaining promotion and twice suffering relegation. He left for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1993 before joining Stoke City in October 1994. He helped Stoke reach the play-offs in 1995–96 losing out to Leicester City. Stoke then made the move to the Britannia Stadium but were relegated to Division Two in 1998. He spent two more seasons at Stoke helping the club again reach the play-offs and win the Football League Trophy in 2000. He then spent two seasons with Macclesfield Town during which time he had a spell as caretaker manager.
After three spells as caretaker manager at West Ham, Keen left the club in July 2011 to take up the role of first team coach at Liverpool, where he would be reunited with old West Ham colleague Steve Clarke. He remained in this post until June 2012 leaving on the appointment of new manager Brendan Rodgers. In July 2012 he was again reunited with Clarke when he was appointed joint assistant head coach at West Bromwich Albion, and his next job was assistant manager at Reading. He managed League One club Colchester United between December 2015 and April 2016, but left the club after failing to avoid relegation to League Two. He joined Crystal Palace's coaching staff in July 2016.
- ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.