Kenny Shiels to League One side Swindon Town In mid-November, Shiels unsuccessfully interviewed for the manager's job at Inverness Caledonian Thistle, after which he complained that Scottish clubs preferred appointing people who had played for either half of the Old Firm. He was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton in December 2013. Upon his return to Scottish Football, Shiels served a ten-match ban by the SFA. However, unlike his time at Kilmarnock, Shiels says he would instead keep himself distant from giving match-day interviews on advice from his doctor and leave this to his assistant manager David Hopkin. Despite making
Kenny Shiels embarrassed by the result and extremely disappointed with the performance. The scoreline was criticized by Dundee's manager Paul Hartley, whose team was promoted to the Scottish Premiership, comparing the scoreline to that of matches played in a pub league, while the chief executive, Scot Gardiner, would described the score line as "laughable" and "ridiculous". After a spell managing BEC Tero Sasana in Thailand, Shiels was appointed manager of League of Ireland club Derry City in November 2015. Shiels is the father of Northern Ireland international player Dean Shiels. Shiels is also the father-in-law of St Mirren manager Oran Kearney. His