Coaching and Management Career
Since retiring from playing Kean has worked as a coach for Reading, Fulham, Real Sociedad and Coventry City, working as an assistant to Chris Coleman at Fulham, Real Sociedad and Coventry.
In June 2008, it was reported that Kean was in talks with Chelsea to become assistant manager to Luiz Felipe Scolari. Kean's fluency in Portuguese from his playing days was believed to be a key reason for Chelsea's interest.
On 4 August 2009, Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce appointed Kean as his new first team coach. Kean replaced Karl Robinson who returned to Milton Keynes Dons. Allardyce commented that he had received numerous applications for the first team coaching position and Kean "stood out above the rest through his personality, experience and knowledge of football at the highest level".
After the sacking of Allardyce on 13 December 2010, Kean was installed as caretaker manager for Blackburn. On 22 December, Kean was appointed manager on a contract until the end of the season to prove his abilities as manager. On 4 January 2011, it was revealed by Blackburn Rovers' owner Anuradha Desai, chairperson of Venky's, that Kean would be offered a new two-to-three-year long-term contract to manage the club. On 20 January, it was confirmed by Blackburn that Kean had signed a contract until June 2013.
In November 2011, Blackburn confirmed that Kean had improved terms signing a new contract with Rovers, despite the club being in the bottom place of the league. However, this new contract was confirmed on the club's website not to have included an extension to the length of the contract. This came despite Kean's comments less than a week earlier stating: "Yes, there have been discussions about a new contract, but I have told the owners that this is an inappropriate time to conclude any new contract discussions". The new deal came after months of protests at the club in which fans campaigned to have Kean removed as Rovers manager.
On 8 April 2012, Kean managed his 60th game in charge at Blackburn Rovers, a 3–0 away loss to West Bromwich Albion leaving Rovers in the relegation zone with only six games of the season remaining. This was his 30th defeat as manager of Blackburn Rovers in 60 games. When compared to former Rovers manager Sam Allardyce's statistics whilst manager of the club, it would reveal at this point that Steve Kean has only lost four games less as manager during his reign, with 30 games to spare. In fact statistically, as of November 2011, Steve Kean is Blackburn Rovers' second worst manager since 1992, with only Paul Ince scoring a lower win percentage. On 7 May 2012, Kean evened Sam Allardyce's defeats record with 25 games to spare, relegating Blackburn Rovers to the Football League Championship in the process.
Kean left his position as Rovers' manager on 28 September 2012 with the club third in the Championship table. He declared that he had been "forced to resign" and that his position had been "untenable".
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