Brighton staff profiles
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Pen pics of Brighton's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. To see staff profiles for other clubs, click here.
FOOTBALL EXECUTIVES
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
David Weir
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Nationality: Scottish
The former Scotland captain joined the club in April 2018 as Player Pathway Manager, overseeing the players who were on loan with other teams. Promoted to the new role of Assistant Technical Director in January 2022 before taking the Technical Director role itself in May 2022, having done it on an interim basis since Dan Ashworth left in February 2022.
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
Paul Mullen
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Nationality: English
Appointed in March 2015 and has responsibility for 'football administration', involving the day-to-day running of the Elite Performance Centre, education, welfare player services, women's football, kit and equipment. Promoted from Head of Football Administration in August 2019.
COACHING
HEAD COACH
Fabian Hurzeler
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Nationality: German
Premier League's youngest ever full-time manager when he took the job aged 31. Arrived at the Amex after a successful spell in charge of German club St Pauli, guiding the club from near the bottom of Bundesliga 2 to division winners in 2024. Initially joined St Pauli in 2020 as Assistant and was appointed Head Coach in December 2022 on an interim basis, before taking over permanently later that month. Came through the youth ranks with Bayern Munich, representing their second team, as well as having stints with 1899 Hoffenheim II and FC Pippensreid.
ASSISTANT
Jonas Scheuermann
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Nationality: German
Arrived with Hurzeler in July 2024, having previously been assistant at Augsburg since 2017. Before that was manager of German lower-league side SV Waldeck-Obermenzing.
FIRST-TEAM COACH
Andrew Crofts
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Nationality: English
Re-joined club in July 2019 as an over-aged U23 player. Then became U21s Head Coach and was interim first-team manager when Graham Potter left for Chelsea (although he didn't actually take charge of a game). Stayed on staff under De Zerbi and is a “conduit” between U21s and first team.
GOALKEEPER COACH
Marco Knoop
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Nationality: German
Was Goalkeeper Coach under Hurzeler at St Pauli during their promotion-winning campaign in 2023/24. Integral to the Head Coach's philosophy of playing out from the back.
ASSISTANT GOALKEEPING COACH
Jack Stern
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Nationality: English
Joined the Seagulls in January 2022 from FC Cincinnati. Worked at West Brom's Academy before moving out to the MLS, and Montreal, in 2014. Joined Cincinnati four years later.
TACTICAL ANALYST
Max Lesser
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Nationality: German
Was an analyst at Stuttgart for three years before a brief three-month spell as Head of Match Analysis at Ajax from July to September 2023. Joined Brighton with Hurzeler in July 2024.
MEDICAL AND PERFORMANCE
HEAD OF PERFORMANCE
Gary Walker
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Nationality: English
Worked for Manchester United for 11 years, latterly as Head of Strength and Conditioning, before moving to the United States as Director of Sports Performance for FC Cincinnati in March 2019. Joined Brighton in summer of 2024.
HEAD OF MEDICINE
Florian Pfab
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Nationality: German
Spent five years as Medical Director and Head Physician at Eintracht Frankfurt before joining Brighton in summer of 2024. Had also had lengthy spells at FC Ingolstadt and Bayern Munich. Is “a specialist in sports medicine, dermatology, acupuncture, allergology, nutrition, manual therapy and chiropractics."
PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE MANAGER
Joshua Hook
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Nationality: English
Joined as an inter in July 2010. Made permanent a year later and worked for the Academy until being promoted to the first team in November 2015. Appointed to this new role in September 2019.
PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE COACH
Dominic May
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Nationality: English
Worked for Arsenal's Academy for eight years (latterly with the U21s) before joining Brighton in April 2024.
DOCTOR
Tim Buck
Nationality: English
Full-time role is as a GP and has worked for Brighton on a part-time basis since June 2008.
PHYSIO MANAGER
Fraser Young
Nationality: Scottish
Was First Team Physio for Brighton for a short spell in 2015 and returned in 2020 as Physio Manager. Has also worked for Blackburn, West Ham, Rangers and more.
PHYSIO
Jack O'Doherty
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Nationality: Irish
Joined from Nottingham Forest as an Academy physio in 2017. Promoted to first-team duties in July 2021.
OSTEOPATH
Mark Kehoe
Nationality: English
Started with the club as a soft tissue specialist in 2015 and appointed osteopath four years later.
PSYCHOLOGY & WELLBEING
HEAD OF PSYCHOLOGY & WELLBEING
James Bell
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Nationality: English
Appointed to this unique role (no other club has a performance role dedicated to wellbeing) at the end of 2019/20. Has a rich and varied CV, having worked for UK Sport, the RFU and Cleveland Browns in the NFL.
MENTAL WELLBEING MANAGER
Cara Lea Moseley
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Nationality: Welsh
Qualified psychologist who played international netball for Wales from 2006 to 2018, including at two World Championships and two Commonwealth Games. Appointed to this role (another unique one) in April 2020.
ANALYSTS
PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS MANAGER
Eoin Bradford
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Nationality: English
With Derby for five years before joining Brighton in July 2015.
COACH-ANALYST
Sam Hudson
Nationality: English
Lead performance analyst in the Academy for almost three years before being promoted to the first team in November 2018. Took on the new role of coach-analyst following Jordan Tribe's move to Newcastle at the start of 2023/24.
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Jake Sheard
Nationality: English
Joined from Hearts in Scotland in September 2023.
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Jack Pugh
Nationality: English
Joined the club in August 2015 from West Brom. Initially worked with the Academy before being promoted to first-team duties in August 2022.
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
Calum Johnson
Nationality: English
Worked for Tottenham for six years before joining Brighton in July 2023.