Early Career
After stints working as a conditioner for Castleford, head coach of Bramley (1992), working in the player performance department of the Rugby Football League, head coach of Paris St Germain and assistant coach to both England and Great Britain, he took over the coaching reigns at Sheffield Eagles in 1997, taking them to the Premiership semi-final in that year. A year later he was the coach who led Sheffield Eagles to a remarkable Challenge Cup final victory over Wigan, this triumph is believed by many to be the greatest shock in Challenge Cup history.
Sheffield merged with Huddersfield after the 1999 season and Kear retained his job as coached of the merged side before moving on to become the assistant coach to Stuart Raper at Wigan.
He was coach of the England team in the 2000 World Cup, leading them to the semi-finals.
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