About Dean Holden

Dean Thomas John Holden (born 15 September 1979) is an English association football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of League One club Charlton Athletic.

During a career which began at Bolton Wanderers in 1998 and ended with a two-year stint at Walsall from 2012 to 2014, Holden was a defender who was comfortable playing at right-back and centre-back. Over that sixteen-year period, he amassed 369 league appearances in representing ten clubs, scoring 22 goals. He moved in to coaching with Oldham Athletic in November 2014 and spent time as manager from February 2015 until May 2015. Holden joined Bristol City in November 2016 as assistant manager to Lee Johnson. Following Johnson's departure on 4 July 2020, Holden was placed in caretaker charge before been given the role on a permanent basis. He was sacked by Bristol City in February 2021. In April 2021 Holden joined Stoke City as assistant manager.