{"id":9812,"date":"2017-07-06T02:28:36","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T02:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/?p=9812"},"modified":"2017-07-06T02:28:36","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T02:28:36","slug":"gor-mahia-announces-new-coach-dylan-kerr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-announces-new-coach-dylan-kerr\/","title":{"rendered":"Gor Mahia announces new coach:  Dylan Kerr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"http:\/\/gormahia.net\/images\/kerr-grey.jpg\" width=\"518\" height=\"359\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gor Mahia have officially announced Briton\u00a0 Dylan Kerr as their new coach. Kerr becomes the fourth British coach in the history of the club after Len Julians, Bobby Williamson and Frank Nuttall.<\/p>\n<p>Additional Reporting from the Nation<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGor Mahia FC is pleased to announce that Dylan Kerr will join the club as Head Coach with the tactician expected to link up with the team on Saturday, 8th July 2017 ahead of the team&#8217;s departure for Tanzania. The decision to appoint Kerr comes after an executive committee meeting held on Tuesday evening,\u201d read a statement from the club.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Currently attached with English fourth tier side Chesterfield as their under-18 manager, Kerr said he has \u201calways dreamt of handling a top club\u201d in East Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI have always been interested in the top team from East Africa but as you know, there\u2019s always others that are in the position. On this one though, I am optimistic,\u201d said Kerr.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cI know Gor Mahia, I love their fans. They are the soul of the club. It will be an amazing job for me,\u201d the former Simba SC tactician told Nation Sport from his base in England.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Club chairman Ambrose Rachier said the new man will be assisted by club legend Zedekiah \u201cZico\u201d Otieno who has been in charge since the resignation of Brazilian Jose Marcelo Ferreira four weeks ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cKerr has worked in South Africa with Mpumalanga Black Aces. He has been in Tanzania with Simba thus has an experience of coaching in Africa. We had 21 applicants but whittled down the list to two and settled on Kerr,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The former Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United left back has also worked in Vietnam and Scotland.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>His immediate task will be to lead <em>K\u2019Ogalo<\/em> in a friendly match against English side Everton FC on Thursday next week at the Benjamin Mkapa National Stadium, Dar es Salaam.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/gormahia.net\/latest\/news\/gor-mahia-announces-new-coach-dylan-kerr\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gor Mahia have officially announced Briton\u00a0 Dylan Kerr as their new coach. 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