{"id":10058,"date":"2017-10-06T16:45:26","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T16:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=10058"},"modified":"2017-10-06T16:45:26","modified_gmt":"2017-10-06T16:45:26","slug":"dylan-kerr-open-to-kilmarnock-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/dylan-kerr-open-to-kilmarnock-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan Kerr open to Kilmarnock job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/kerr-bike-17.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"301\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia coach Dylan Kerr who has led the club on a march of 12 matches unbeaten has indicated to a Scottish newspaper that he would be open to the position at Kilmarnock FC.<\/p>\n<p>He told SunSport: \u201cI won\u2019t apply for the manager\u2019s job at Killie. I\u2019ve got a job and that would be disrespectful to Gor Mahia who are a wonderful club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut if they wanted to speak to me? I\u2019d swim the Med to talk to them.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr played for Kilamarnock for four years between 1996 and 2000 and made 61 appearances for the club. He has followed the club&#8217;s fortunes closely since leaving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey know me, they know my feelings for the club. \u201cI feel for Kilmarnock. They can\u2019t go down, a club like them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing there was a fantastic spell in my career. I\u2019d four years there and we won the Scottish Cup and qualified for Europe twice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if people remember the kind of person I was and think I don\u2019t take things seriously enough. But I\u2019ve grown up \u2014 a bit, anyway!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kerr says his experience coaching all over the world has prepared him for the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve sampled management all over the world \u2014 in Vietnam, the USA, South Africa, Tanzania, England and now Kenya. \u201cBut the last four jobs I\u2019ve applied for in Britain I didn\u2019t even get an acknowledgement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy attitude has always been that if I see something that\u2019s appealing, I go for it. That\u2019s why I was at Chesterfield as a youth coach, why I was at Simba FC in Tanzania.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve worked my way through the levels, whether it was being the first non-Asian coach to win a trophy in Vietnam or working here in Nairobi, where you\u2019re one of the very few white faces.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr spoke about his accomplishments and experiences in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople think, \u2018It\u2019s Kenyan football\u2019, but there are pressures. Gor Mahia are one of the biggest clubs in the country and when I joined I was told the job requirement was to win the title.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI signed a two-year contract and my ambition is to get the club into the African Champions League group stages, which Gor Mahia have never done before.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m proud of what I\u2019ve achieved but most of it has happened far away from Britain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Given his recent success at Kogalo, Kerr is likely to be a hot commodity. 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