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James Shan (born 28 October 1978) is an English football coach who is a first-team coach at Sheffield Wednesday.

James Shan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-10-28) 28 October 1978 (age 43)
Place of birth	Bordesley Green, England[1]
Club information
Current team	Sheffield Wednesday (coach)
Youth career
	Walsall
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Paget Rangers
Teams managed
2014–2018	West Bromwich Albion (U23 manager)
2018–2019	West Bromwich Albion (first team coach)
2019	West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
2019–2020	Kidderminster Harriers (interim manager)
2020–2021	Solihull Moors
2021–2022	Rochdale (Assistant Manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Shan spent a three-month period in the youth set-up at Walsall at the age of 15. Following his spell at Walsall, Shan dropped down into non-league as a youth player, attending trials at Torquay United and Sheffield Wednesday.[2] Shan also played for local club Paget Rangers.[3]

Coaching career

Shan was a part of the coaching staff at childhood club Birmingham City, coaching various age groups in the club's academy set-up.[1]

In 2006, Shan joined the coaching staff of West Bromwich Albion, working with the club's under-7s age group.[4] He later worked as manager of the under-18, under-21 and under-23 sides,[5][6] before joining the first-team coaching staff at the end of the 2017–18 season.[4][7][8] In March 2019 he was appointed caretaker manager following the sacking of Darren Moore,[9] leading the club to a 3–0 victory against Swansea City in his first game in charge.[10] In April 2019 it was announced that Shan would remain as caretaker manager until the end of the 2018–19 season.[11]

On 28 June 2019, Shan left West Bromwich Albion following Slaven Bilić's appointment as head coach.[12]

On 6 December 2019, Shan was appointed as the interim manager of Kidderminster Harriers in the National League North,[13] leaving on 11 February 2020.[14] The following day he was announced as new manager of Solihull Moors of the National League.[15] He was linked with a move to Sheffield Wednesday following their appointment of Darren Moore,[16] and a day later he was relieved of his duties with Solihull Moors.[17]

He was appointed assistant manager of Rochdale in July 2021.[18] He left the club in August 2022.[19]

On 30th September 2022 it was announced by Darren Moore that Shan had joined Sheffield Wednesday as a member of their technical team. [20]

Personal life

As of March 2019 Shan has three sons.[9]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 9 March 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref
			G	W	D	L	Win %
West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)	9 March 2019	28 June 2019	12	7	1	4	058.33	[21]
Kidderminster Harriers (interim)	6 December 2019	11 February 2020	11	3	3	5	027.27	[22]
Solihull Moors	12 February 2020	10 March 2021	32	12	6	14	037.50	[23]
Career total			55	22	10	23	040.00	—

References

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