Kevin Kewley (born 2 March 1955) is an English former professional

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player and coach. Active in England and the United States, he played as a

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and made over 450 career appearances, scoring over 120 goals. After retiring as a player, he was active as a coach at both college and professional levels.

Playing career

Born in

Liverpool Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...

, Kewley signed for

in 1970, turning professional in March 1972. He made one first-team appearance for Liverpool, appearing as a substitute in January 1978. He spent loan spells in the United States with the

Dallas Tornado The Dallas Tornado was a soccer team based in Dallas, Texas that played in the North American Soccer League (NASL) from 1967 to 1981. Of the twelve teams that comprised the U.S. in 1967, the Tornado franchise played the longest–15 seasons. T ...

in the 1976 and 1977 seasons, later signing permanently with them. He later played for the

Wichita Wings The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979.

Coaching career

After coaching the

, Kewley later also coached

Pratt Community College Pratt Community College is a public community college in Pratt, Kansas, United States. Athletics The official mascot for Pratt Community College is the Beaver. Pratt CC participates in 11 sports in the NJCAA and in the Kansas Jayhawk Community C ...

and

Barton Community College Barton Community College, previously Barton County Community College, is a public community college in Great Bend, Kansas. Its service area includes Barton, Ellsworth, Pawnee, Rush and Russell Counties, Stafford County north of US Highway 5 ...

. He was the 2015 KJCCC's Coach of the Year.

References

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