Kevin Summerfield

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Kevin Summerfield (born 7 January 1959, Walsall) is the current assistant manager of Swindon Town. He previously worked as assistant manager to Paul Sturrock at Southampton, Plymouth Argyle and Sheffield Wednesday.

As a player he was a midfielder who started his career at West Bromwich Albion in 1977. During his time at the Hawthorns he played for the England youth team on six occasions. After more than five years at the club he moved on to Birmingham City followed by Walsall, Cardiff City, Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City and finally Shrewsbury Town where he was player/coach and made over 450 appearances for the club.

After finishing his playing career in 1996 he took charge of the Shrews' youth team before becoming a coach at Plymouth Argyle under the then manager Kevin Hodges the following year. After Kevin Hodges was sacked as manager in 2000, Summerfield took over as caretaker manager for five matches until the appointment of Paul Sturrock as permanent manager. He again took over as Plymouth Argyle's caretaker manager when Paul Sturrock left to become manager of Southampton. This time he was in charge for nine matches before following Sturrock to Southampton as his assistant and later again to Sheffield Wednesday.

During his time as Sturrock's assistant at Home Park he won the Third and Second Division titles. His and Sturrock's success continued at Hillsborough when they achieved promotion to the Championship in their first season at the club.