Ian Dawes (footballer, born 1984)

Ian Dawes
Personal information
Date of birth (1984-03-16) 16 March 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
Everton
Liverpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Calgary Storm
Lancaster City
Marine
Caernarfon Town
Managerial career
2013–2014 Floriana
2016–2017 Bangor City
2020–2023 Tranmere Rovers (assistant)
2020 Tranmere Rovers (joint-caretaker)
2021 Tranmere Rovers (caretaker)
2023 Tranmere Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Dawes (born 16 March 1984)[2] is an English football manager who was most recently the manager of EFL League Two side Tranmere Rovers.

Career

Dawes was born in Liverpool, and played for Everton at schoolboy level before moving to Liverpool. After being released from Liverpool at 19 he then moved to Canada to play for Calgary Storm. Upon returning to Britain, he played for non-league clubs including Lancaster City and Marine. Whilst playing non league football he returned to former club Liverpool FC as an academy coach and spent ten years there before moving to Malta where he was head coach at Floriana. He then coached at Shrewsbury Town, and became head coach at Bangor City in November 2016.[2]

He left Bangor in 2017, after just four months at the club,[3] and later the same year joined Blackpool as first team coach. In August 2020, he moved to Tranmere Rovers as assistant to Mike Jackson, and took over as caretaker manager when Jackson was sacked in November 2020.[4] In his five games in charge, he led the club to four wins, including beating League One team, Accrington Stanley in the FA Cup,[5] and a penalty shootout victory against Wigan Athletic in the EFL Trophy and was nominated as League Two Manager of the Month for November 2020.

Following Keith Hill's appointment as permanent manager of Tranmere Rovers, Dawes was installed as his assistant to ensure "consistency and continuity" according to Hill. Dawes was put back in charge of the team after Hill was dismissed on 11 May 2021.[6] He was appointed caretaker manager again in March 2023 following the departure of Micky Mellon.[7]

On 4 May 2023, following Dawes' third spell as caretaker manager, Tranmere Rovers announced his appointment as permanent first team manager, but only lasted until 10 September 2023 after a poor start to the new season.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 9 September 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team Nat From To Record Ref
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Floriana Malta 9 May 2013 8 April 2014 31 12 5 14 48 49 −1 038.71 [9]
Bangor City Wales 24 November 2016 29 March 2017 16 8 1 7 29 26 +3 050.00 [10]
Tranmere Rovers (caretaker) England 1 November 2020 22 November 2020 5 4 1 0 14 6 +8 080.00 [11]
Tranmere Rovers (caretaker) England 11 May 2021 30 May 2021 2 0 1 1 2 3 −1 000.00
Tranmere Rovers England 19 March 2023 10 September 2023 19 3 5 11 19 28 −9 015.79
Total 73 27 13 33 112 112 +0 036.99 —

References

  1. ^ a b Ian Dawes at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ a b Dave Jones, "Former Liverpool FC youth player and coach Ian Dawes appointed Bangor City manager", Daily Post, 24 November 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2020
  3. ^ Dean Jones, "Bangor City part ways with manager Ian Dawes", North Wales Chronicle, 29 March 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2020
  4. ^ Richard Garnett, "Dawes has almost full Tranmere squad for Accrington cup tie", Wirral Globe, 5 November 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020
  5. ^ "TRFC 2-1 ASFC". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Club Statement - Keith Hill", Tranmere Rovers FC, 11 May 2021
  7. ^ "Club Statement: Micky Mellon". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
  8. ^ "Club Statement: Ian Dawes". www.tranmererovers.co.uk. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Floriana FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  10. ^ "Bangor City FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  11. ^ "Tranmere Rovers FC: Matches". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 11 May 2021.