- John Kear
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playername = John Kear
fullname = John Kear
nickname = JK
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position = Head Coach
currentclub = leagueicon|Wakefield|size=16Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1954|11|25
placeofbirth =Castleford ,Yorkshire
countryofbirth =England
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new = yesJohn Kear (born
25 November 1954 inCastleford ,Yorkshire ) is a English rugby league former player and a current coach. Kear played on the wing or in the centre position forCastleford Tigers and is currently the coach ofWakefield Trinity Wildcats rugby league club that plays in the Super League.After stints working as a conditioner for
Castleford Tigers , head coach of Bramley, working in the player performance department of the Rugby Football League, head coach ofParis St Germain and assistant coach to both England and Great Britain, he took over the coaching reigns atSheffield Eagles in 1997, taking them to the Premiership Semi Final in that year. A year later he was the coach who ledSheffield Eagles to a remarkable Challenge Cup final victory overWigan Warriors , this triumph is believed by many to be the greatest shock in Challenge Cup history.He left Sheffield after the 1999 season and went on to coach at
Huddersfield Giants before moving on to become the assistant coach to Stuart Raper at Wigan.He was coach of the England team in the
2000 World Cup , leading them to the Semi Finals.He left Wigan for the First Team Coach role at
Hull FC , working withShaun McRae . He stepped up from First Team coach atHull FC when predecessorShaun McRae left to take charge ofSouth Sydney Rabbitohs . He led the club to victory overLeeds Rhinos , by a 25-24 scoreline in the2005 Challenge Cup in his first season. However just a year later he was sacked byHull FC and took charge ofWakefield Trinity Wildcats in July 2006 where he steered the team clear of relegation with four wins from the last six matches of the season, culminating in the great escape and condemingCastleford Tigers to relegation toNational League 1 .In 2007 he fielded a predominantly untried squad and lead the Wildcats to 8th position in the Super League, their second highest Super League Finish.
John Kear currently resides in
Wetherby ,West Yorkshire .
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