As a part of our continual review of not only the playing squad but also the professional football management and coaching staff, the following structure and appointments are being put in place for the start of the 2025/26 season. In addition to the existing coaching staff reporting to manager Paul Heckingbottom – Stuart McCall, Peter Murphy and Mike Pollitt – we are delighted to announce the appointment of Jason Euell as a First Team Coach. Jason joins us having played over 400 league games in his career, the majority of which came at the highest level of English football, as well as representing Jamaica and England U21s internationally. Andy Liddell joins us as Fitness Coach to replace John Lucas who is taking up a similar role within the Australian A-League. John leaves us with our best wishes and thanks. Andy, who made more than 650 appearances as a player, has previously worked in fitness coaching roles with Ipswich Town, Maccabi Tel Aviv and Rapid Bucharest. The club’s Head of Recruitment, James Wallace will appoint Tom Reeves to his staff from 23rd June 2025 as Chief Scout. Tom joins us having had extensive scouting experience most recently with Middlesbrough and Norwich City. Ben Smith, who was originally a Performance Analyst, completes James’ in-house team as a Recruitment Analyst. We will no longer be using MRKT Insights but thank their staff for their work over the last few years. The performance analysis team under Charlie Ager welcomes Joe Walmsley, who arrives from Wigan Athletic. James McGown and Tom Hughes have left this team and depart with our best wishes for the future. The physiotherapy and medical team remain unaltered under Matt Jackson and Dr Dominic Lakeland.
