Later Career
He left Wigan for the First Team Coach role at Hull, working with Shaun McRae. He stepped up to First Team coach at Hull in 2005 when predecessor Shaun McRae left to take charge of South Sydney Rabbitohs. He led the club to victory over Leeds, by a 25-24 scoreline in the 2005 Challenge Cup in his first season. However in April 2006 he was sacked by Hull and took charge of Wakefield Trinity in July 2006 where he steered the team clear of relegation with four wins from the last six matches of the season, culminating in the great escape and condemning Castleford to relegation to National League 1.
In 2007 he fielded a predominantly untried squad and led Trinity to 8th position in the Super League, their second highest Super League finish.
In 2009 Kear led Wakefield Trinity to 5th position, their highest ever Super League finish. The team were knocked out of the first round of the play-offs by Catalan Dragons.
In 2011 Kear left Wakefield Trinity to become head coach of Batley
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