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Brian Kerr, (born 3 March 1953) is an Irish football manager. Born in Dublin, Kerr grew up playing football and boxing. At the age of 13, he took his first coaching role with the Crumlin United under 11 side. Realizing later that he didn’t have the talent to become a top player, he decided to focus on coaching. In 1986 he was appointed manager of the League of Ireland side St. Patrick’s Athletic. In 1992, when the club was facing liquidation, Kerr was among the investors who raised IR£82,000 to help save the club. In December 1996 he left the St. Pats to become the technical director of the Football Association of Ireland, but he is still idolized by the St. Pats fans. He worked with the Republic of Ireland youth and also with the senior side. He was appointed on January 26, 2003 as the full-time manager. In 2007, Kerr became the Director of Football of the St. Patrick’s Athletic football club. Then, in 2009, he was confirmed as the head coach of the Faroe Islands national football team. He has managed two senior national teams. He managed his native Republic of Ireland national football team and most recently, the Faroe Islands national football team. He currently works as a studio analyst and co-commentator for RTÉ Sport and TV3. ==Early days== Kerr was born in Dublin, growing up in Drimnagh, a suburb in south west Dublin. He began playing football for noted schoolboy side Crumlin United along with future world champion athlete Eamonn Coghlan. He also boxed with Drimnagh Boxing Club as his father the internationally famous many-time Irish Amateur bantamweight champion Frankie Kerr, was a coach there. At age 13, Kerr took his first coaching role when appointed to the Crumlin United under 11 side. He gained employment in University College Dublin as a trainee technician, while following his football interests. Kerr, although playing for Shelbourne F.C. B team, realised he did not possess enough talent to make it to the top as a footballer and at an early age decided to concentrate on coaching. He was then invited by Liam Tuohy to manage Shamrock Rovers B side in 1974. Kerr managed the Irish Technical Schools team during this time. He was reserve team manager at Shelbourne F.C. in 1978 and after a stint playing for Bluebell United he was appointed assistant manager at Shels in 1983. The following season he moved to Home Farm where he was involved in a bizarre incident, involving a pig and a flag pole in November 1984.〔(The Irish Times – Wednesday, November 28, 1984 )〕 He coached under Liam Tuohy with the Irish Youth side that reached the World Cup finals in 1985. He resigned in April 1986.〔(The Irish Times – Wednesday, April 9, 1986 )〕 Soon after he was appointed assistant manager at Drogheda United under Mick Lawlor (footballer) but left following Lawlor's resignation in November. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Kerr (football manager)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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