PERSONAL PROFILE

I am an experienced professional football manager, highly qualified coach and have worked across various levels of the game from grassroots and youth level to the Football League and Premier League, managing in all four domestic divisions, and  more recently, in continental Europe.

I have a reliable track record of helping to build successful teams, revitalising clubs who have previously struggled, whilst helping to reduce overall squad salary and promoting and recruiting young, talented footballers.

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MANAGEMENT CAREER

FromDec 1998ToJun 1999

CARLISLE UNITED

Manager

FromJun 1999ToJun 2001

STOKE CITY

First-Team Coach

• EFL Trophy 2000

FromMay 2002ToOct 2004

THE FA NATIONAL COACH

U16s-U21s, Coach Educator & Director of Youth Coaches’ Courses

FromNov 2004ToOct 2006

WEST BROMWICH ALBION

Assistant Manager
November 2004 – September 2006

Caretaker Manager
September 2006 – October 2006

FromOct 2006ToFeb 2008

NEWCASTLE UNITED

Assistant Manager
October 2006 – February 2008

Caretaker Manager
May 2007 and January 2008

FromFeb 2007ToJun 2007

ENGLAND UNDER-21s

Assistant Manager
February 2007 – June 2007

Caretaker Manager
March 2007

FromFeb 2008ToMay 2008

SOUTHAMPTON

Manager

FromJun 2008ToJun 2010

LEICESTER CITY

Manager

• Football League 1 champions – 2009

• Football League 1 Manager of the Month award
– August 2008 & September 2008
• Football League Championship Manager of the Month award
– February 2010

FromJun 2010ToNov 2011

HULL CITY

Manager

FromNov 2011ToJun 2015

LEICESTER CITY

Manager

• Football League Championship champions – 2014

• Football League Championship Manager of the Month award
– January 2013, January 2014 and March 2014
• LMA Championship Manager of the Year – 2014
• Premier League Manager of the Month award – April 2015

FromMay 2016ToOct 2016

DERBY COUNTY

Manager

FromSep 2017ToFeb 2019

OH LEUVEN

Manager

• 2017/18 season – First Division B
• Opening – finished runners-up
• Closing – finished in third place
• Overall – 47 points from 28 games, with only 5 defeats

FromDec 2019ToJuly 2020

WATFORD

Head Coach

• Nominated for Manager of the Month – December 2019 and January 2020
• Best win rate (35%) and best points per game ratio (1.25) of any Watford manager in Premier League history
• Joined with club 6 points adrift of safety, departed with them 3 points clear of relegation

FromFeb 2021ToOct 2023

BRISTOL CITY

Manager

• Nominated for Championship Manager of the Month for February 2023
• Significantly reduced the squad budget, enabling the club to be FFP compliant
• Introduced a number of academy products in to the side including Alex Scott, Sam Bell, Tommy Conway, while helping to increase the overall squad value and reduce the average age
• First profitable sales in years: Antoine Semenyo to Bournemouth for £10.5m and Alex Scott to Bournemouth for £25m
• Two comfortable mid-table finishes building a platform for the club to progress
• Once coaching team departed, we left the club in 11th place in the EFL Championship, on course to finish on 64 points for the 2023/24 season, showing further improvement on previous campaigns
• Reached the landmark of 600 games as a manager

QUALIFICATIONS & OTHER ROLES

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PLAYING CAREER

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MEDIA

I have considerable experience of working with the media, both in my roles as a player, coach and manager for pre and post-match press duties, handling press conferences and one-to-one interviews for local, regional, national and global media outlets.

In addition to this, I have also worked within paid roles in the media for various organisations, including:

BBC Sport | Sky Sports | BT Sport | BeIN Sport | The Coaches’ Voice

CHARITY WORK

Selected notable charity work:

Party in the Park, Great Ormond Street Hospital
Chairman – 2000

Leicester City staff coast-to-coast charity bike ride for LOROS Hospice
Newcastle to Carlisle – November 2009

LOROS Hospice
Patron – 2009-2010

Leicester City national Three Peaks Challenge for LCFC Foxes Foundation
England, Scotland and Wales – May 2015

The Special Olympics National Games Ambassador
Sheffield – August 2017

CONTACT

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