| Jimmy Shan | |
| Birth Date: | 28 October 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Bordesley Green, England |
| Currentclub: | Aston Villa (U18 Head Coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Walsall |
| Clubs1: | Paget Rangers |
| Manageryears1: | 2014–2018 |
| Managerclubs1: | West Bromwich Albion (U23 manager) |
| Manageryears2: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs2: | West Bromwich Albion (first team coach) |
| Manageryears3: | 2019 |
| Managerclubs3: | West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) |
| Manageryears4: | 2019–2020 |
| Managerclubs4: | Kidderminster Harriers (interim manager) |
| Manageryears5: | 2020–2021 |
| Managerclubs5: | Solihull Moors |
| Manageryears6: | 2021–2022 |
| Managerclubs6: | Rochdale (Assistant Manager) |
| Manageryears7: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs7: | Aston Villa (U18 Head Coach) |
James Shan (born 28 October 1978) is an English football coach who is the Under-18 Head Coach at the Aston Villa Academy.
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.[1] Shan also played for local club Paget Rangers.[2]
Shan was a part of the coaching staff at childhood club Birmingham City, coaching various age groups in the club's academy set-up.[3]
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]
As of March 2019 Shan has three sons.[9]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) | 9 March 2019 | 28 June 2019 | [25] | |||||
| Kidderminster Harriers (interim) | 6 December 2019 | 11 February 2020 | [26] | |||||
| Solihull Moors | 12 February 2020 | 10 March 2021 | [27] | |||||
| Career total | — | |||||||