Ryan Lowe: Biography, Facts and Career

Ryan Thomas Lowe (born 18 September 1978) is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently head coach of EFL League One side Wigan Athletic. Lowe's playing career, as a striker, began at Burscough in 1999 and he became a Football League player with Shrewsbury Town the following year. He played for eight league clubs in all and had three spells at Bury and at Crewe Alexandra. In the second half of the 2010–11 season, Lowe established a Bury club record by scoring a goal in each of nine consecutive league games. Lowe ended his playing career at Bury who had signed him again in January 2017, this time as player-coach. He became caretaker-manager twice in 2017–18 after first Lee Clark and then Chris Lucketti were dismissed. Lowe retired from playing in March 2018 during his second caretaker appointment. In May 2018, despite their relegation to League Two, Bury offered Lowe the position of full-time manager on a two-year contract to the end of the 2019–20 season. After guiding the club to promotion back to League One, he left Bury on 5 June 2019 to take over at newly relegated Plymouth Argyle, managing them to an immediate return to League One before joining Preston North End in December 2021, staying with them until August 2024. He was appointed as Wigan's head coach in March 2025, and was dismissed in February 2026.

Quick facts about Ryan Lowe

• Full name: Ryan Lowe
• Born: 1978-09-18
• Nationality: United Kingdom
• Known as: Athlete
• Wikidata ID: Q647873

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