Gary Bowyer
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gary David Bowyer[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 22 June 1971||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Position(s) | 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) | |
Managerial career | |||
2012–2013 | Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) | ||
2013 | Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) | ||
2013–2015 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
2016–2018 | Blackpool | ||
2019–2020 | Bradford City | ||
2021 | Salford City (interim) | ||
2021–2022 | Salford City | ||
2022–2023 | Dundee | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gary David Bowyer (born 22 June 1971) is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of Scottish club Dundee.
As a player, he made 52 league appearances for Hereford United, Nottingham Forest and Rotherham United in a professional career that lasted eight years, before retiring due to injury in 1997, aged 25. He won the Football League Trophy with Rotherham United in 1995–96, his only honour as a player.
After working as a coach at a number of clubs, he has managed Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bradford City and Salford City (twice). He guided Blackpool to promotion, via the play-offs, from League Two to League One in 2016–17.
Early and personal life
Bowyer was born on 22 June 1971 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.[1] His father, Ian, was also a professional footballer;[2][3] the two played together at Hereford United.[4]
Playing career
After playing in 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 did not make a senior Football League appearance for club.[5] Bowyer later signed for Rotherham United, making 38 appearances in the League over the next two seasons, before retiring due to injury at the age of 25.[5][6] Whilst at Rotherham he was a part of the team that won the 1996 Football League Trophy final.[7]
Coaching career
Youth coach and move into management
After retiring as a player, Bowyer began his coaching career working part-time at Ilkeston,[8] before being appointed as under-17s coach at Derby County, where he spent six years as an academy coach. He then became under-18s coach for Blackburn Rovers in 2004.[9] He became their 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.[10] It was later announced that Bowyer would remain in charge until the end of January.[11] Bowyer was re-appointed caretaker manager on 19 March 2013, following the sacking of Michael Appleton,[12] until the end of the season;[13] however, on 26 March Bowyer said he was unsure how long he would remain in the position, in case the club hired a new permanent manager,[14] and on 8 April Bowyer was summoned to India for a meeting with the club's owners.[15] Bowyer was appointed the permanent manager of Blackburn on 24 May, on a 12-month rolling contract.[16]
In September 2015, he called for goal-line technology to be implemented.[17] On 10 November, Bowyer was sacked as manager of Blackburn Rovers.[18]
Blackpool and Bradford City spells
On 1 June 2016, Bowyer was appointed as manager of
In February 2019 he was linked with the vacant managerial position at Bradford City.[23] On 4 March, Bowyer replaced David Hopkin as Bantams manager, signing a contract until the end of the season,[24] with Andy Todd as his assistant.[25] Bowyer retained the club's other coaching staff—including Martin Drury, who had been caretaker manager prior to his appointment—[26] and said that all of City's squad players would have a chance to fight for a first-team place.[27] In April, he signed a new contract with Bradford City until 2021.[28] He was nominated for the League Two Manager of the Month award for October,[29] but later said he was not a "fan" of such awards.[30] Bowyer was sacked by Bradford City on 3 February 2020.[31]
Derby County youth and Salford City
He joined Derby County, as coach of their under-23s side, in September 2020.[32] On 23 March 2021, it was announced that Bowyer was to become manager of League Two side Salford City on a deal lasting until the end of the season, replacing Richie Wellens.[33] The deal came after an arrangement was reached between Salford co-owner Gary Neville and Derby manager Wayne Rooney, whereby Salford would pay no fee to Derby but would pay his wages for the duration of his spell in charge.[34] He described the move to Salford as the first ever managerial loan.[35] His first game in charge was on 27 March, a 1–0 away defeat to Exeter City,[36] and picked up his first win on 5 April, two Ian Henderson goals giving Salford a 2–0 win against Forest Green Rovers.[37] After achieving 17 points from eight matches to help boost his side's play-off aspirations, Bowyer was awarded the League Two Manager of the Month award for April.[38] On 10 May he returned to his role as an academy coach at Derby County;[39] however, two days later on 12 May, it was announced that he had returned to manage Salford City after signing a two-year contract.[40] On 2 August, Billy Barr joined as his assistant manager.[41]
On 21 August 2021, he was booked for shoving Jonny Williams of Swindon Town in a 1–0 defeat, Salford's fourth game without a win at the beginning of the season,[42] the club's worst start to a season since the 2014 takeover.[43]
On 17 May 2022, Bowyer was sacked by Salford having narrowly missed out on the play-offs.[44][45]
Dundee
On 8 June 2022, Bowyer was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Dundee.[46][47] The Dundee board said they liked his youth strategy and success at Blackpool.[48] Bowyer was named the Scottish Championship's Manager of the Month for November 2022, with his team having won every game that month.[49] He would win the award again for March 2023,[50] as he led the club on a promotion push and would win the Scottish Championship with Dundee at the end of the season.[51][52]
On 10 May 2023, Bowyer was named as the SPFL Scottish Championship Manager of the Year.[53] Later that day, Bowyer departed Dundee as manager, alongside assistant Billy Barr.[54][55]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 5 May 2023[56]
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 |
Bradford City | 4 March 2019 | 3 February 2020 | 48 | 14 | 15 | 19 | 29.2 |
Salford City (interim) | 23 March 2021 | 10 May 2021 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 54.5 |
Salford City | 12 May 2021 | 17 May 2022 | 52 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 40.4 |
Dundee | 8 June 2022 | 10 May 2023 | 48 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 54.2 |
Total | 404 | 155 | 132 | 117 | 38.4 |
Honours
Player
Rotherham United
Manager
Club
Blackpool
- 2017[20]
Dundee
Individual
Salford
- EFL League Two Manager of the Month: April 2021[38]
Dundee
- Scottish Championship Manager of the Month: November 2022,[49] March 2023[50]
- Scottish Championship Manager of the Year: 2022–23[53]
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- ^ a b "Rotherham's 1996 Auto Windscreens Shield winning side: Where are they now?". itsmillerstime.co.uk. 14 April 2017. Archived from the original on 22 April 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
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- ^ Gary Bowyer management career statistics at Soccerbase
External links
- Gary Bowyer at Soccerbase