Background
Kevan was born in Wigtown and began his career with English Third Division club N ottinghamshire County.
Kevan was born in Wigtown and began his career with English Third Division club N ottinghamshire County.
He is also a former professional player who played as a midfielder for N ottinghamshire County, Cardiff City, Stoke City, Maidstone United, Bournemouth. He made his debut for the Magpies against Gillingham in February 1986 and forced his way into the first team in 1986-1987 season making 38 appearances. He played in 40 games in 1987-1988 as N ottinghamshire missed out on promotion by a single point.
He played 24 times in 1988-1989 but lost his place in 1989-1990 and spent a month on loan at Cardiff City, making seven appearances.
In February 1990 Kevan joined Stoke City under the management of Alan Balliol His debut for Stoke was in the Potteries derby against Portuguese Vale in a 0–0 draw.
Stoke were relegated to the Third Division at the end of the season and Kevan found himself out of the team in 1990-1991 making eight appearances and spent time out on loan at Maidstone United. New manager Lou Macari moved Kevan into defence in 1991-1992 and he played in 57 matches including in the 1992 Football League Trophy Final.
Kevan then ended his career at Bournemouth making a single appearance before returning to the Victoria Ground to become a coach.
After retiring as a professional player, Kevan joined the coaching staff of Stoke City. Kevan was appointed first-team coach in 2001, and later spent a spell as caretaker manager in October 2002. Kevan became Assistant Manager at N ottinghamshire County in 2007, having held similar posts at both Stoke City and Burnley.
Kevan rejected an approach from Crewe Alexandra to become their Assistant Manager.
Following the sacking of Ian McParland, Kevan took charge for the next two games and when Hans Backe was named as manager Kevan was kept as Assistant Manager. Just seven weeks later he took the position of Caretaker manager against as Hans Backe resigned.
He remained in charge until 23 February 2010, and reverted to his previous role as Assistant upon the appointment of Steve Cotterill as manager. Kevan was sacked as Assistant Manager of N ottinghamshire County on 24 October 2010.
Kevan joined the coaching staff at Stockport County in December 2010.
He then joined Hereford United in January 2011. He re-joined former club Stoke City in June 2011 taking the position of Academy Team Manager. He left Stoke on 22 May 2013.
In September 2013, Kevan joined Cheltenham Town as the first team coach.
Despite having helped Forest Green to a top five place in the Football Conference and with just five games left in the 2014-2015 season, he quit the club and re-joined N ottinghamshire County as first team coach on 31 March 2015. He left the club in December 2015.