[5] Dyche was present at the Hillsborough disaster, having travelled to the stadium as part of the Forest youth side.

[7] Dyche left Chesterfield for Bristol City in 1997, helping them win promotion to Division One in his first season.

[13] Dyche joined the England national under-21 football team as a temporary member of the backroom staff in September 2012,[14] but the following month became manager of Burnley, succeeding Eddie Howe, who had left the club to rejoin Bournemouth.

[15] Before the start of the 2013–14 campaign, Burnley were tipped as relegation candidates by the bookies; Dyche had to work with a tight budget and a small squad, and Burnley's top goal scorer from the previous season, Charlie Austin, had moved to Championship rivals Queens Park Rangers.

In Dyche's first full season in charge, however, Burnley finished second and were promoted back to the Premier League.

[16] Dyche used only 23 players during the season, which was the joint-lowest in the division, and had paid only one transfer fee – £400,000 for striker Ashley Barnes.

Dyche was involved in the design and had willingly tailored his transfer spending as he and the board focused on the club's infrastructure and future.

[30] The decision to dismiss Dyche by the club's owners was widely criticised, with BBC writer Phil McNulty describing it as "blind panic" in their attempt to retain their Premier League status by appointing a new manager.

[32] On 30 January 2023, Dyche was appointed manager of Premier League club Everton on a two-and-a-half-year contract, replacing Frank Lampard.

Dyche took his team into the final day of the season on 28 May 2023, with Everton holding a two-point lead in 17th over fellow relegation rivals Leicester City and Leeds United.

Everton went on to win their final match 1–0 against Bournemouth, which successfully retained their Premier League status.

On 24 April 2024, he led his team to beat Liverpool 2–0 in the Merseyside derby with goals from Jarrad Branthwaite and Dominic Calvert-Lewin.

[36] On 9 January 2025, Dyche was sacked by Everton – precisely three hours before an FA Cup third round home tie with Peterborough United – following a run of poor results.

By the time of his sacking, Everton were only one point above the relegation zone, having only won three of their last nineteen games in the 2024–25 season.