Football coach; who coached players at Reading, Fulham, Real Sociedad, Coventry City, and Blackburn Rovers where he was later appointed as manager between 2010-12. Unpopular with fans, due to narrowly escaping relegation in 2011 and selling most of Blackburn's experienced players, Blackburn were relegated in the following season to the Championship. Although he was not sacked by the controversial and naive owners, the Venky's Group, Kean did not consider resigning in the face of this relegation. Match attendances halved at the beginning of the 2012-13 season, bringing pressure on Kean's position due to the loss of matchday revenue, eventually forcing Kean to resign.