Manchester United

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Jason Wilcox

Director of Football

Premier League winner with Blackburn in 1995 and now forging an impressive career behind the scenes. Joined Southampton at end of 2022/23 season as Director of Football,before moving to United to become Technical Director in April 2024. Went on to replace Dan Ashworth as United’s Director of Football, a role which oversees the whole football operation at the club. Had previously worked for Manchester City Academy’s for more than a decade, latterly as Academy Director.

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Ameesh Manek

Director of Football Operations

Appointed in October 2025 and will take up role in 2026. Moving from Brentford, who he joined as Business Operations Director in January 2022 before being promoted to Chief Operating Officer in the summer of 2024. He also spent five years at Arsenal – three as Head of Academy Football Operations and two as Head of First Team Football Operations.

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Christopher Vivell

Director of Recruitment

Had a very brief (seven month) spell as Chelsea Technical Director to July 2023 and joined United a year later. Initial contract was for a year. First made his name with the Red Bull Group, as Head of Scouting and Recruitment at RB Salzburg and then RB Leipzig. Has impressed bosses at Old Trafford so far. 

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Michael Carrick

Interim Head Coach

Appointed to the role in January 2026 until the end of the season. Played 464 games for United, winning five Premier League titles and the Champions League among other honours. On retiring,  joined the club’s first-team coaching staff under Jose Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and also had a spell as Caretaker-Manager. Then spent two-and-a-half years in charge of Middlesbrough.

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Steve Holland

Assistant Head Coach

Appointed to work with Carrick in January 2026. Assistant to Gareth Southgate with England for eight years, during which time they reached the finals of Euro 2020 and Euro 2024. Worked for Crewe and Stoke before becoming Reserves boss at Chelsea. Promoted into first-team set-up as club won the 2012 Champions League, before becoming Assistant of England U21s and then the seniors. Most recent job was as Manager of Yokohama Marinos in Japan, but was sacked after four months.

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Jonathan Woodgate

Assistant Head Coach

Appointed to work with Carrick in January 2026, having also worked with him at Middlesbrough, where he started his own playing career and had two other spells. Also played for Leeds United, Newcastle United, Real Madrid, Tottenham and Stoke, as well as winning eight international caps. Managed Middlesbrough and AFC Bournemouth, before returning to the Riverside to work as First Team Coach under Carrick.

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Travis Binnion

Assistant Head Coach

Appointed in January 2026. Has been at Manchester United since 2019, when he became Head of Player Development for the U14s to U16s. Appointed U18s Head Coach in 2021, winning the FA Youth Cup in 2022, and then U21s boss in July 2023. Before that, was Academy Manager at Sheffield United.

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Jonny Evans

Assistant Head Coach

Started and finished his playing career at Manchester United, retiring in summer of 2025. In between his two playing spells at Old Trafford, also played on loan for Royal Antwerp and Sunderland and had permanent spells at West Brom and Leicester. Is Northern Ireland’s fourth most-capped player, having represented his country 107 times. Was Loans Manager at United for four months before stepping down in December 2025. 

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Craig Mawson

First Team Goalkeeper Coach

Appointed to work alongside Carrick in January 2026, having joined United in December 2019. Was a youth player for Burnley but never featured in the first team for the Clarets. Returned to Turf Moor as U18s coach in 2010 and progressed to Head of Academy Goalkeeping and then the first team. 

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Sam Erith

Head of Performance

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Ed Leng

Head of Physical Performance

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Dan Ransom

Head of Psychology and Performance Lifestyle.

Promoted into this role in July 2025 having joined United in July 2016 as Academy Psychologist. In October 2020, he was promoted to Lead Academy Psychologist – a role he held until this new move Also worked for Sale Sharks rugby union club, Hull City and West Bromwich Albion.

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Michael Eglon

Sport Scientist

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Alistair McBurnie

Sports Science Analyst

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Marcus Hannon

Head of Nutrition

Arrived in July 2025, having been Lead Performance Nutritionist for the Qatar FA and for the Aspire Academy. Prior to this, was Head of Nutrition at Aston Villa from 2020 to 2022. 

Will Carvalho

Performance Chef

Joined in June 2025 from Brighton, where he was Executive Performance Chef for two seasons. Before arriving at the Amex, worked for Brazil’s women’s team for more than 12-and-a-half years, for Gloucester rugby union team and for Scottish Rugby.

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Michael Clegg

Strength & Power Coach

Made 15 starts for the club as a full-back between 1996 and 2002. His father (also called Mike) was power and conditioning coach for United between 2000 and 2011. The former Sunderland S&C coach was appointed by United in July 2019.

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Charlie Owen

Fitness Coach

Promoted from Academy to first team in March 2019 following exits of Gary Walker and Robin Thorpe. Had been working with U18s since start of 2017/18.

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Imtiaz Ahmad

Head of Medicine

Appointed to head up medical department in September 2025. Previously Head of Medicine at Crystal Palace and QPR and First Team Doctor at Millwall and Tottenham. Was also on the Medical Panel of the Pakistan Cricket Board for five years, as well as being the current chairman of the FA’s Medical Society.

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William Fotherby

First Team Doctor

Joined from Everton in September 2025. Spent three years with the Toffees after seven years as a Doctor and GP in the NHS. Has also been Team Doctor for British Gymnastics and for Wigan Warriors Rugby League. 

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Michael Callaghan

Head of Physical Therapies

Has previously worked as a physio for Wigan, Everton and GB Cycling. Also Professor of Physiotherapy at Manchester Metropolitan University.

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Jordan Reece

Head Physio

Joined United in June 2024, having worked for Arsenal for almost 12 years. First joined the Gunners from Crystal Palace as an Academy Physio in December 2012. Was promoted to First Team Physio in June 2018 and then Head Physio in August 2020. His boss throughout that time was O’Driscoll.

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Ibrahim Kerem

Physio

Joined United’s Women’s team in October 2021 from Blackburn Rovers, where he was Rehab Physio. Moved across to the men’s team in late 2022.

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Ben Parker

Head of Performance Analysis

Worked for hometown club MK Dons for four years, rising to become Lead Performance Analyst. This is where he first worked with Head Coach Russell Martin, who took him to Swansea City and then Southampton, where his title was First Team Tactics and Insight Analyst. Move to Man Utd reunites him with Director of Football Jason Wilcox, who was also his boss at Southampton.

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Luke Lazenby

Performance Analyst

Promoted from U18s to first team in December 2018. Joined United from Brentford in March 2016.

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Kaita Hasegawa

Performance Analyst

Joined from Everton, where he had worked for almost five years, in November 2022. Works closely with Fernandes on set pieces.

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Luke Wright

Assistant Performance Analyst

Moved over from United’s Women’s team, where he had worked for more than three years, in October 2022.

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Lewis Rhodes

Assistant Performance Analyst

Joined in September 2023 from Stoke City, where he had worked for 12 years, starting off in the Academy and progressing to Lead First Team Analyst. Another Prozone graduate.

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Michael Sansoni

Director of Data

Michael joined United in May 2025 for his first job in football after working for 11 years for the Mercedes Formula 1 team.

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Chris Shumba

Head of Data Operations

Worked alongside former Head of Data Dominic Jordan at N Brown for a short period, before joining United in this new role in March 2023. Was Lead Engineer with N Brown.

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Jacob Dunlop

Football Strategy & Reporting Analyst

Joined United in this new role in April 2o22 from ContactEngine.

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Alex Kleyn

Decision Scientist

Joined United in July 2023 after six years with Southampton, where he was Lead Data Scientist. Has also worked for Norwich City.

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Max Adema

Decision Scientist

Joined from Statsbomb in March 2023. Former Head of Data Dom Jordan, who appointed Adema, has described Decision Science as being “human in the loop” and “the science of helping experts make the best decisions they can.”

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Andrew Davies

Machine learning scientist

Joined in February 2023 from Manchester-based Netacea, which is a behaviour-based bot management solution.

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Nick Grimshaw

Data Scientist

Like Jordan and Shumba, he worked for N Brown in Manchester (as Lead Data Scientist) before joining United in December 2023. Worked alongside Shumba for N Brown, though not Jordan, who had already left by the time he joined.

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Michael Farrell

Head of Culture & Development

First person to undertake this role at Old Trafford, after being promoted in July 2025. Spent three years as Academy Performance Consultant after joining United in October 2015 and was then Head of Academy Performance, before becoming Head of Player Wellbeing in February 2023. Has previously worked for Bury, Preston, Oxford United, the Wales rugby league team, Wigan Warriors and Sale Sharks.