Round and Clements join Eustace at Derby

Former Arsenal Assistant Steve Round and ex Huddersfield, Norwich and Stoke Goalkeeper Coach Paul Clements have joined John Eustace’s staff at Derby County.

Eustace succeeded Paul Warne as Derby County Manager earlier this month and immediately brought long-time Assistants Matt Gardiner and Keith Downing with him to Pride Park.

Now Round has joined on a “part-time basis in a support role” until the end of the season. Derby said this would allow Eustace and his staff to “tap into” Round’s “significant experience for the remainder of the campaign.”

Round was a Derby full-back in the 1990s and began his coaching career with the Rams under the late Jim Smith. After that he was Assistant at Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Everton, Manchester United, Derby (under Steve McClaren in 2014/15) and Arsenal (from December 2019 to July 2023).

He was also Director of Football at Aston Villa from September 2016 to July 2018. 

Clements spent eight years at Huddersfield Town, where he became Head of Goalkeeping, and went on to work for Norwich City and Stoke City. He left the Potters halfway through this season when Narcis Pelach was sacked.

Leigh Bromby, who was Academy Manager and then Head of Football Operations at Huddersfield, has described Clements as, “the best coach, goalkeeper or otherwise, that I’ve worked with.”

Meanwhile, First Team Coach Matt Hamshaw and Goalkeeper Coach Andy Warrington have left the Rams, following on from the recent departures of Warne and his Assistant Richie Barker.