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Kettlewell's managerial career so far
Stuart Kettlewell is a familiar face to Kilmarnock fans. He's been an opposition player, in the away dugout at Rugby Park and done his fair share of punditry, he hung up his boots 2016, Kettlewell returned to Ross County, where he spent five years as a started out in the County youth set-up, then became co-manager of the first team with Steve Ferguson in 2018, before taking the job on a solo basis in the summer of time in Dingwall came to an end in mid-December of the same year when he was "relieved of his duties", after a run of 10 league games without a win - eight of which were then took up a role in the Motherwell academy in late 2022, before stepping in as caretaker manager in February 2023 following the sacking of then-boss Steven Hammell, before being appointed on a permanent guided the side to safety from relegation in his first three months in charge, collecting 30 points out of a possible 42 as they came close to secure a top-six finish.A 10-game unbeaten run last season was their longest since 2010 as they again narrowly missed out on the top six, while they reached the Premier Sports Cup semi-finals in the season just gone resigned in January citing personal abuse he and his family received as a reason for his had a 41.3% win percentage for his 92 games in charge of the Fir Park club, which was the highest of Motherwell's seven managers since Stuart McCall left in no accepted the Kilmarnock job on a two-year year deal, with Stevie Frail, Chris Burke and Craig Clark making up his coaching staff.
