on 3 September 2002, Dunn was called up to the England for the first time and made his first cap on 7 September 2002, when he replaced Steven Gerrard against Portugal at half-time. This turned out to be his only senior England appearance. Following this, there were calls for England to call Dunn to the squad, but to no avail, as he said: "I know that I should’ve had more caps. I truly wish that I'd knuckled down at times and pushed myself that bit more. I'm really proud that I played professionally for my country, it's what I started out wanting to do but there's always that little bugbear that I could and maybe should’ve had more caps." Coaching career Oldham Athletic On 13 September 2015, following the sacking of Darren Kelly, Dunn was appointed as the caretaker manager of his playing club Oldham Athletic, with him supposed to remain in that position until a permanent replacement was found. At the time of his appointment, he was working on completing his UEFA Pro Licence, having previously completed his UEFA A and B Licences. On 7 October, Dunn was appointed on a permanent basis, following a recent unbeaten run. His first game in charge as their permanent manager came three days later in a 4–2 defeat to Scunthorpe United at Boundary Park. His first victory was a 2–1 victory at Swindon Town on 20 October 2015. His tenure as manager did not go according to plan: Oldham entered into a relegation battle after a negative run of results which resulted in Dunn being dismissed on 12 January 2016, just three months after his appointment. Oldham had gone several league games without a win. Dunn's departure also led to the exits of Dean Holden and Keith Brown, who were both members of Dunn's coaching staff. He left the club sat in twenty-second place, with Dunn being replaced by heavily experienced John Sheridan a day later. On 25 February 2016, Dunn returned to his former playing club Blackburn Rovers to work alongside his former teammate Damien Johnson in the academy set-up as the under-23s assistant coach. His appointment as coach saw Dunn hang up his boots after an 18-year-spell as a professional footballer. On 22 February 2017, Dunn was promoted to first-team coach under new manager Tony Mowbray. Dunn remained in that role until the end of the season; he reverted to