{{short description|English cricketer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Jason Kerr | image = Jason Kerr.jpg | country = England | fullname = Jason Ian Douglas Kerr | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|4|7}} | birth_place = Bolton, Greater Manchester, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = All-rounder<br />Somerset Head Coach | club1 = Somerset | year1 = {{nowrap|1993–2001}} | club2 = Derbyshire | year2 = 2002 | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 8 May | debutyear1 = 1993 | debutfor1 = Somerset | debutagainst1 = Australians | lastdate1 = 18 September | lastyear1 = 2002 | lastfor1 = Derbyshire | lastagainst1 = Worcestershire | type2 = LA | debutdate2 = 16 May | debutyear2 = 1993 | debutfor2 = Somerset | debutagainst2 = Lancashire | lastdate2 = 22 September | lastyear2 = 2002 | lastfor2 = Derbyshire | lastagainst2 = Middlesex | columns = 2 | column1 = FC | matches1 = 65 | runs1 = 1,693 | bat avg1 = 21.98 | 100s/50s1 = 0/8 | top score1 = 80 | deliveries1 = 8,074 | wickets1 = 129 | bowl avg1 = 40.38 | fivefor1 = 2 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 7/23 | catches/stumpings1 = 18/– | column2 = LA | matches2 = 113 | runs2 = 769 | bat avg2 = 13.25 | 100s/50s2 = 0/2 | top score2 = 65* | deliveries2 = 4,379 | wickets2 = 124 | bowl avg2 = 30.08 | fivefor2 = 0 | tenfor2 = n/a | best bowling2 = 4/28 | catches/stumpings2 = 18/– | date = 4 August | year = 2016 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3663/3663.html CricketArchive }} '''Jason Ian Douglas Kerr''' (born 7 April 1974 in Bolton, Greater Manchester) is an English cricket coach and former first-class cricketer, who is currently head coach of Somerset County Cricket Club.
An all-rounder, he played as right-handed batsman, who bowled right-arm medium-fast. He played first-class cricket for Somerset from 1993, before moving to Derbyshire in 2001.
After back injury curtailed his career at the end of 2002, Bridgwater Cricket Club appointed Kerr as director of coaching in 2004 to spearhead their West of England Premier League promotion bid. He succeeded Ben Wellington, who resigned in early February 2004 because of his commitments as a full-time coach at Somerset's Centre of Excellence.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/2004/3/2/19551.html |title=Ex-Somerset star signs up<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=3 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007151700/http://archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/2004/3/2/19551.html |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Kerr returned to Somerset as a self-employed coach in 2005, before taking up the Academy Director post full-time in February 2006, replacing the ECB bound Kevin Shine.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/2006/2/23/52528.html |title=Kerr to head up academy<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=3 October 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007151517/http://archive.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/2006/2/23/52528.html |archive-date=7 October 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> At the end of the 2013 season, Kerr was promoted to the role of First XI bowling coach.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/24838697 |title=Somerset add Dave Houghton & Jason Kerr to coaching team |publisher=BBC Sport |date=6 November 2013 |accessdate=2 October 2017 }}</ref>
In October 2017, following the departure of Director of Cricket Matthew Maynard, Kerr was promoted to head coach of Somerset.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/41467911 |title=Andy Hurry: Somerset name director of cricket, Jason Kerr becomes head coach |publisher=BBC Sport |date=2 October 2017 |accessdate=2 October 2017 }}</ref>
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== External links == * {{cricketarchive|ref=Archive/Players/3/3663/3663.html}} * {{cricinfo|ref=ci/content/player/15868.html}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070312223059/http://www.thepca.myzen.co.uk/assets/plugins/fckeditor/editor/Jason_Kerr_Somerset.html Interview re role at Somerset Academy]
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