{"id":555284,"date":"2026-04-28T15:44:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/555284\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:44:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T15:44:17","slug":"jason-kerr-somerset-head-coach-signs-new-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/555284\/","title":{"rendered":"Jason Kerr: Somerset head coach signs new contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

Somerset head coach Jason Kerr has signed a new two-year contract to keep him at the club until at least the end of the 2028 season.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old former Somerset all-rounder has been in charge at the County Ground since 2018.<\/p>\n

Kerr guided his side to third in Division One of the County Championship last season and has also won the One-Day Cup in 2019, as well as the Vitality Blast twice, in 2023 and 2025.<\/p>\n

He previously led the club’s academy and second XI from 2005 to 2015 and then became a first-team bowling coach before stepping up to the head coach role.<\/p>\n

“My hunger and desire to be successful and to develop players only gets stronger,” Kerr told the club website, external<\/a>. <\/p>\n

“It’s incredibly exciting when you look at the potential of the club. The group of players we have can achieve great things. <\/p>\n

“It’s been an incredible journey so far and one that’s brought successes to the club. Hopefully, we can add to that success in the coming years.”<\/p>\n

Somerset’s director of cricket Andy Hurry said Kerr’s passion for the county is “plain for all to see”.<\/p>\n

“As well as leading the team to three major titles, he has instilled a culture within the dressing room that has enabled our players and staff to thrive,” said Hurry.<\/p>\n

“This is evidenced in the number of players and coaches who have been selected for global tournaments and international cricket over the last few years.”<\/p>\n

Somerset are unbeaten in their first three County Championship matches this season, with two wins and a draw, and are second in the table, only behind Warwickshire, who have played one game more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Somerset head coach Jason Kerr has signed a new two-year contract to keep him at the club until…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555285,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-555284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555284"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555284\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}