Hayes joins QPR as PDP Head of Methodology

Anthony Hayes has joined QPR as Head of Methodology for their Professional Development Phase programme covering the Under-17s to the Under-21s.

Hayes will be responsible for implementing the club’s game model and coaching methodology for those players, specifically focusing on delivering the coaching and games programme for the Under-21s. He will also oversee all aspects of individual player development in those age groups to align them with the club’s performance pathway.

QPR will be the sixth club Hayes has worked for and the fourth in London. He spent five years at Brentford and was Head of Coaching for his final eight months before moving to Charlton, where he stayed for nearly seven-and-a-half years – working as First Team Assistant Manager in his last 15 months. He then had brief spells as First Team Coach at Sunderland, Assistant Manager at Gillingham and Under-21s Coach at Crystal Palace.

The R’s are not the first club to appoint someone in such a role. Earlier this month, Birmingham City named Ian Jones as their new Head of Methodology and Alignment for their men’s, women’s and Academy teams.

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