Bitcon appointed Southampton Director of Performance
Mark Bitcon: Worked with Southampton Director of Football Jason Wilcox at Manchester City Academy
Written by Training Ground Guru — June 15, 2023
MARK BITCON has been appointed Director of Performance at Southampton as the club begin their behind-the-scenes rebuild.
A host of staff have left Saints since the end of the season and Bitcon replaces Mark Jarvis, who departed as Director of Performance Support at the end of last month.
The move reunites Bitcon with new Director of Football Jason Wilcox. The duo worked together at Manchester City’s Academy, where Wilcox was Academy Director and Bitcon was Director of Performance Services.
For the last 17 months Bitcon has been Head of Athletic Performance and Innovation for England Rugby.
His role at Southampton will encompass “all performance areas”, including science, medicine, psychology and performance analysis. He will also oversee performance at owner Sport Republic’s other club, Goztepe in Turkey.
Meanwhile, Darren Mowbray has been confirmed as the club’s new Head of Recruitment, replacing Joe Shields, who left in January to become Co-Director of Recruitment and Talent at Chelsea.
Mowbray has arrived from Aberdeen, where he was Head of Recruitment since 2021. Prior to that he held senior roles at Burnley, Middlesbrough and Leeds.
