Education
West began his career as a trainee at Lincoln City where he graduated to the first team after undergoing his youth training.
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He is now a coach for Lincoln City youth team and centre of excellence. He is best known as a right sided full-back, but can also play in midfield if needed. Throughout his career, West has been known as a committed and dedicated full back who loves to overlap with the winger in front of him and get forward at every opportunity.
Lincoln City
West would play for The Imps between 1991 and 1995, making 119 league appearances and scoring an impressive 20 goals.
Bury
The young right-back began to put in some excellent displays and was spotted by Stan Ternent the manager of Bury who would sign him in exchange for Kevin Hulme in September 1995. West became very popular with the fans at Gigg Lane and made the right-back slot his own, helping Bury to rapid promotion up to the First Division and making over 100 appearances for the club
Burnley
lieutenant was at the end of the 1997/98 season when Ternent left Bury to become manager of Burnley, a club he had played for and had deep emotional ties to In 1999, West followed Ternent, signing for Burnley on a free transfer under the Bosman ruling.
Lincoln City (second spell)
He moved back to the club he had begun his footballing career at – Lincoln City, but failed to make any impression, starting just four games before being used in a player exchange deal.
Boston United
He played for Boston up until the end of the 2004–2005 season after which he was released. King"s Lynn
He subsequently joined King"s Lynn where he spent three seasons making a total of 143 appearances (119 in the league), scoring three times. Corby Town
In July 2008 he joined Corby Town.
In May 2007, West made a return to Turf Moor to play in the testimonial of his former team-mate Graham Branch.
Lincoln Moorlands Railway
In July 2011 Dean joined up with former Lincoln City team mate Danny George as Player-Assistant Manager of Lincoln Moorlands Railway, with George being Player-Manager.
