Sean Dyche

Sean Dyche

Personal information
Full name	Sean Mark Dyche[1]
Date of birth	(1971-06-28) 28 June 1971
Place of birth	Kettering, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing position	Defender
Club information
Current club	Burnley (manager)
Youth career
000?–1989	Nottingham Forest
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1989–1990	Nottingham Forest	0	(0)
1990–1997	Chesterfield	231	(8)
1997–1999	Bristol City	18	(0)
1999	→ Luton Town (loan)	14	(1)
1999–2002	Millwall	69	(3)
2002–2005	Watford	72	(0)
2005–2007	Northampton Town	56	(0)
Total		460	(12)
Teams managed
2011–2012	Watford
2012–	Burnley
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Sean Mark Dyche (born 28 June 1971) is an English former footballer, who is now manager of Burnley, a position he has since October 2012.

As player he was a centre-back, making his professional debut in 1990 and representing Chesterfield - whom he captained and scored for in an FA Cup semi-final - Bristol City, Luton Town, Millwall, Watford and Northampton Town. He was promoted with four of his six clubs. After retiring as a player in 2007 he coached at Watford, managing them between June 2011 and July 2012.

Playing career

Dyche was a youth-team player at Nottingham Forest in the late 1980s, while Brian Clough was manager. When he joined Forest he was 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) and weighed 10 stone, but grew to 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) and 12 stone after a year. He broke his leg early in his career, which Dyche claims held him back. It also left him with a permanent bend in his leg.^[2]

He left Forest in early 1990 without making a first-team appearance and signed for Chesterfield, where he later became captain. Dyche was part of a team that won the Division Three play-offs in 1995 and reached an FA Cup semi-final in 1997. In the FA Cup semi final against Middlesbrough he scored a penalty to put his side 2–0 up, only for the game to finish 3–3 and Chesterfield to lose the replay 3–0.

Dyche left for Bristol City in 1997, helping them win promotion to Division One in his first season. City were relegated the following season during which Dyche spent time on loan at Luton Town. He moved to Millwall at the end of the campaign, where he won promotion to Division One in 2001 and came close to a Premier League place the following year, losing to eventual promotion winners Birmingham City in the play-offs. In 2002 he began a three-year spell at Watford where he was captain in his final season with the club.

He signed for Northampton Town in 2005,^[3] and was involved in their 2005–06 promotion from League Two. He fell out of favour after the appointment of Stuart Gray as manager, and was released at the end of the 2006–07 season.^[4]

Managerial career

Having retired following his release from Northampton, Dyche rejoined Watford as under-18s coach in 2007.^[5] When Malky Mackay was appointed Watford manager on 6 July 2009 Dyche was promoted to become assistant manager.^[6] On 21 June 2011, he was appointed manager, following Mackay's decision to join Cardiff City.^[7]

On 28 April 2012, Watford finished 11th in the Championship, their highest league finish since the 2007–08 season, and their total of 64 points was more than the club had achieved under Malky Mackay's management. Following a change in club ownership he was dismissed on 2 July 2012, with Gianfranco Zola confirmed as his replacement on 7 July 2012.^[8]

On 10 September 2012, Dyche joined the England national under-21 football team as a temporary member of the backroom staff^[9]

On 30 October 2012 Dyche was named as Burnley manager. He succeeded Eddie Howe, who left the club to rejoin League One side A.F.C. Bournemouth.^[10] In his first game in charge goals from Martin Paterson and Charlie Austin saw them beat Wolves 2-0.

Dyche was named Championship manager of the month for September 2013 and after 13 games had led Burnley to their best start since their formation.

Personal life

Dyche grew up in Kettering. His father was a management consultant for British Steel, working in Corby, Egypt and India. He has two brothers.^[2] He is married to Jane, and has two children: Max (born 2003) and Alicia (born 2005). He lives in Northamptonshire. Since his playing days at Nottingham Forest, he maintains a friendship with Ian Woan, Tony Loughlan and Stuart Pearce, who were team-mates of his at The City Ground. Dyche plays golf in his spare time.^{[citation needed]}

He is known to fans and the media sometimes as "Stone Cold Sean Dyche", because of his resemblance to wrestler Stone Cold Steve Austin, and "The Ginger Mourinho".

Honours

As a player

Chesterfield

• Bass Charity Vase winners: 1990–91
• Derbyshire F.A. Centenary Cup winners: 1994–95

Bristol City

• Second Division runners-up: 1997–98

Millwall

• Second Division champions: 2000–01

Northampton Town

• League Two runners-up: 2005–06

As a manager

Manager of the month

• 2013-14: (Championship Manager of the Month): September – Burnley

• 2013-14: (Championship Manager of the Month): October – Burnley

Managerial statistics

As of 1 February 2014.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Watford	England	22 June 2011	3 July 2012	700149000000000000049	700117000000000000017	700117000000000000017	700115000000000000015	700134690000000000034.69
Burnley	England	30 October 2012	Present	700167000000000000067	700128000000000000028	700122000000000000022	700117000000000000017	700141790000000000041.79
Total				7002116000000000000116	700145000000000000045	700139000000000000039	700132000000000000032	700138790000000000038.79

References

External links

• Sean Dyche career stats at Soccerbase