| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 October 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Bordesley Green, England[1] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Swindon Town (assistant head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Walsall | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Paget Rangers | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2018 | West Bromwich Albion (U23 manager) | ||
| 2018–2019 | West Bromwich Albion (first team coach) | ||
| 2019 | West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Kidderminster Harriers (interim manager) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Solihull Moors | ||
| 2021–2022 | Rochdale (Assistant Manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Shan (born 28 October 1978) is an English football coach who is an assistant first-team coach at Swindon Town.
Shan 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]
Shan 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]
As of March 2019 Shan has three sons.[9]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) | 9 March 2019 | 28 June 2019 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 58.33 | [24] |
| Kidderminster Harriers (interim) | 6 December 2019 | 11 February 2020 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 27.27 | [25] |
| Solihull Moors | 12 February 2020 | 10 March 2021 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 37.50 | [26] |
| Career total | 55 | 22 | 10 | 23 | 40.00 | — | ||