Gary Bowyer
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 June 1971 | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Playing position | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
Westfields | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1990 | Hereford United | 14 | (2) |
1990–1995 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
1995–1997 | Rotherham United | 38 | (2) |
Total | 52 | (4) | |
Teams managed | |||
1998–2000 | Carshalton Athletic | ||
2012–2013 | Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) | ||
2013 | Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) | ||
2013–2015 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
2016–2018 | Blackpool | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Gary Bowyer (born 26 June 1971) is an English football coach and former professional player. His most recent role was as manager of Blackpool between 2016 and 2018.[1]
Early and personal life
Gary Bowyer was born on 26 June 1971 in Manchester.[2] His father Ian Bowyer was also a professional footballer;[3] the two played together at Hereford United.[4]
Career
Playing career
After playing non-League football for Westfields, Bowyer, a full back, signed for Football League team Hereford United on non-contract terms, making 14 appearances in the 1989–90 season.[5] After the season ended, Bowyer moved to Nottingham Forest, but he never made a senior Football League appearance for them.[5] Bowyer later signed for Rotherham United, making 38 appearances in the League over the next two seasons, before retiring due to injury.[5]
Coaching career
After retiring as a player, Bowyer began his coaching career working part-time at Ilkeston and also had a spell managing non-league side Carshalton Athletic from 1998-2000,[6] before being appointed as Under-17 coach at Derby County, where he spent six years as an academy coach. He then became Under 18's coach for Blackburn Rovers in 2004.[7] He became Reserve Team manager in 2008, and in December 2012 he was appointed as caretaker manager following the dismissal of Henning Berg, steering them to a 3–1 victory over Barnsley in his first game in charge.[8] It was later announced that Bowyer would remain in charge until the end of January.[9]
Bowyer was re-appointed Caretaker Manager on 19 March 2013, following the sacking of Michael Appleton,[10] until the end of the season.[11] However, on 26 March 2013 Bowyer said he was unsure how long he would remain in the position, in case the club hired a new permanent manager,[12] and on 8 April 2013 Bowyer was summoned to India for a meeting with the club's owners.[13]
Bowyer was appointed the permanent manager of Blackburn on 24 May 2013, on a 12-month rolling contract.[14]
In September 2015, he called for goal line technology to be implemented.[15] On 10 November 2015 Bowyer was sacked as manager of Blackburn Rovers.[16]
On 1 June 2016, Bowyer was appointed as manager of Blackpool on a one-year rolling contract, following the club's relegation to EFL League Two.[17] On 18 March 2017 he was hit by boiled sweets thrown by Newport County opposition fans.[18] On 28 May, Bowyer guided Blackpool to an immediate return to EFL League One in his first season in charge, his side beat Exeter City 2-1 in the League Two play-off final.[19]
He resigned as Blackpool manager on 6 August 2018.[1]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played on 4 August 2018[20]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) | 27 December 2012 | 11 January 2013 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) | 19 March 2013 | 24 May 2013 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 33.3 |
Blackburn Rovers | 24 May 2013 | 10 November 2015 | 118 | 41 | 43 | 34 | 34.7 |
Blackpool | 1 June 2016 | 6 August 2018 | 115 | 42 | 40 | 33 | 36.5 |
Total | 246 | 89 | 87 | 70 | 36.2 |
References
- 1 2 "Club Statement: Gary Bowyer" - Blackpool F.C.'s official website, 6 August, 2018
- ↑ "Player profile". Up The Posh!. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ↑ "Sons and Daughters". Bob Dunning. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ↑ "BBC Sport - Rivaldo: World Cup winner and son score in same Brazilian match". BBC Sport.
- 1 2 3 "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ↑ "Blackburn's stand-in boss Bowyer returns to Derby with Cup success in mind". Derby Telegraph. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "Where Are They Now?". Nottingham Forest F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ↑ "Bowyer's praise after team display". Blackburn Rovers F.C.
- ↑ "Blackburn: Gary Bowyer & Terry McPhillips in charge for January". BBC Sport. 3 January 2013.
- ↑ "Michael Appleton: Blackburn Rovers sack manager". BBC Sport. 19 March 2013.
- ↑ "Blackburn Rovers: Gary Bowyer confirmed as caretaker manager". BBC Sport. 22 March 2013.
- ↑ "Blackburn Rovers: Gary Bowyer managing 'game by game'". BBC Sport. 26 March 2013.
- ↑ Ben Smith and Andy Cryer (8 April 2013). "Blackburn: Gary Bowyer called to India for meeting with Venky's". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Gary Bowyer: Blackburn Rovers caretaker manager appointed boss". BBC Sport. 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Gary Bowyer: Blackburn Rovers boss calls for goal-line technology". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Gary Bowyer: Blackburn Rovers sack manager after poor start". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Bowyer Named New Blackpool Manager". Blackpool F.C. 1 June 2016.
- ↑ "Blackpool boss Bowyer calls for FA to investigate Newport County". BBC Sport. 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2017/may/28/blackpool-v-exeter-city-league-two-play-off-final-live
- ↑ Gary Bowyer management career statistics at Soccerbase
External links
- Gary Bowyer at Soccerbase