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Jimmy Shan
James Shan (born 28 October 1978) is an English football coach who is the Under-18 Head Coach at the Aston Villa Academy. Playing careerShan spent a three-month period in the youth set-up at Walsall at the age of 15. Following his spell at Walsall, Shan dropped down into non-league as a youth player, attending trials at Torquay United and Sheffield Wednesday.[2] Shan also played for local club Paget Rangers.[3] Coaching careerShan was a part of the coaching staff at childhood club Birmingham City, coaching various age groups in the club's academy set-up.[1] In 2006, Shan joined the coaching staff of West Bromwich Albion, working with the club's under-7s age group.[4] He later worked as manager of the under-18, under-21 and under-23 sides,[5][6] before joining the first-team coaching staff at the end of the 2017–18 season.[4][7][8] In March 2019 he was appointed caretaker manager following the sacking of Darren Moore,[9] leading the club to a 3–0 victory against Swansea City in his first game in charge.[10] In April 2019 it was announced that Shan would remain as caretaker manager until the end of the 2018–19 season.[11] On 28 June 2019, Shan left West Bromwich Albion following Slaven Bilić's appointment as head coach.[12] On 6 December 2019, Shan was appointed as the interim manager of Kidderminster Harriers in the National League North,[13] leaving on 11 February 2020.[14] The following day he was announced as new manager of Solihull Moors of the National League.[15] He was linked with a move to Sheffield Wednesday following their appointment of Darren Moore,[16] and a day later he was relieved of his duties with Solihull Moors.[17] He was appointed assistant manager of Rochdale in July 2021.[18] He left the club in August 2022.[19] On 30 September 2022 it was announced by Darren Moore that Shan had joined Sheffield Wednesday as a member of their technical team.[20] He left Sheffield Wednesday on 19 June 2023, with manager Darren Moore and the rest of his backroom staff.[21] On 21 September 2023, he re-united with Moore once again as part of the new coaching staff at Championship side Huddersfield Town.[22] In March 2024, Shan joined Swindon Town as assistant first-team coach.[23] On 12 July 2024, Shan joined Aston Villa Academy as the Under-18 Head Coach.[24] Personal lifeAs of March 2019 Shan has three sons.[9] Managerial statistics
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