Tyrone Robert Mears (born 18 February 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back and is currently the head coach for Fort Lauderdale United in the USL Super League.

From Stockport in the north west of England, Mears once played for the Jamaica national football team despite not being eligible to do so.

[2] Mears only made one appearance for City, replacing Stuart Pearce as a substitute in the 84th minute against Nottingham Forest in March 2002.

[3] On Manchester City's promotion to the FA Premier League in 2002, Mears' first-team opportunities became limited and he was sold to Preston North End.

"[17] Mears made his return from the first team on 16 April 2005, coming on as late a substitute, in a 3–0 win over Cardiff City[18] and went on to make five appearances in the 2004–05 season.

In July 2006, after rejecting two bids from Charlton Athletic, Preston accepted an offer for Mears from West Ham United.

[2] He memorably produced an athletic overhead clearance on the line, after Stiliyan Petrov lobbed West Ham keeper Roy Carroll in a match against Aston Villa in September 2006.

[25] With his opportunities in the West Ham first-team limited, he was allowed to join Derby County on loan until the end of the 2006–07 season in January 2007.

[32] Mears made his return from injury against Fulham on 29 March 2008, coming on as a late substitute, in a 2–2 draw, a game that saw Derby County relegated to the Championship next season.

[33] Despite this, Mears scored his second goal for Derby on 19 April 2008 against his former club West Ham United, which saw them lose 2–1[34] and made 26 appearances (25 in the league and once in the FA Cup) in all competitions.

On 29 August 2008, Mears caused controversy when he flew to France to go on trial with Olympique de Marseille without the express permission of Derby manager Paul Jewell.

[40] A combination of injury and the good form of Laurent Bonnart meant that Mears did not make his first appearance for Marseille until the UEFA Cup tie against FC Twente in mid-January.

His goal, scored in the 20th minute of extra time, gave Marseille a 4–3 win on aggregate, allowing the team to progress to the competition's quarter-final round.

Marseille decided not to take up the option of signing him at the end of his loan spell and he returned to Derby on 3 June 2009, with his future at the club in doubt.

[51] Despite this, Mears stayed at the club and played in all 38 games as Burnley were relegated after finishing 18th in the 2009–10 Premier League and accumulated just 30 points.

On 29 July 2011, Mears, along with Burnley teammate Chris Eagles, joined Bolton Wanderers on a three-year contract for a joint fee in the region of £3 million.

[62] He made his full debut for the club when being named in the starting line up for the game at Norwich City on 4 February, which Bolton eventually lost 2–0.

[76] Mears made his Sounders debut, in the opening game of the season, where he set up one of the goals, in a 3–0 win over New England Revolution.

[81][82] Shortly after recovering from a hamstring, Mears made his first appearance for the club this season on 12 March 2016, in a 2–1 loss against Real Salt Lake.

[83] Mears went on to make 32 league appearances despite missing out 1 match, due to tactical changes at one point against FC Dallas on 14 July 2016.

[86] After his release from Seattle, Mears' rights were traded to Atlanta United FC in exchange for $50,000 of general allocation money.

[96] Born and raised in England, Mears believed he had Jamaican ancestry and it was reported on 4 February 2009, that he had accepted an offer to play for the Jamaica national football team.

[101] In March 2023, Mears joined the staff of the Inter Miami CF Academy, primarily as an assistant coach for the club's U-17 side.

[102] On 25 January 2024, Mears was announced as the first-ever head coach for the USL Super League club to be based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.