Cardiff City staff profiles
Pen pics of Cardiff City's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. To see the staff profiles for other clubs, click here.
MANAGER AND ASSISTANTS
MANAGER
Mick McCarthy
Nationality: Irish
Replaced Neil Harris in January 2021 and has a contract to the end of the season. Hugely experienced, having been a manager since 1992, including two spells in charge of the Republic of Ireland.
ASSISTANT
Terry Connor
Nationality: English
Worked alongside McCarthy at Wolves, Ipswich and with the Republic of Ireland. Also had a short spell in charge of Wolves himself, in 2012.
GOALKEEPER COACH
Andy Dibble
Nationality: Welsh
Began his playing career at Cardiff. Worked briefly with Warnock at Rotherham before being brought back to the Bluebirds in January 2017.
ASSISTANT COACH
James Rowberry
Nationality: Welsh
A Uefa Pro Licence holder who worked as a coach educator for the Football Association of Wales for seven years. Joined Cardiff's Academy in 2013 and progressed to first-team coach and then assistant manager in July 2016.
PERFORMANCE & MEDICAL
HEAD OF MEDICAL
Matthew May
Nationality: English
Took over from Paul Godfrey in June 2018. Had previously been at QPR for two years.
TEAM DOCTOR
Professor Len Nokes
Nationality: Welsh
Joined as club doctor in 1991. Won the club's outstanding contribution award at the end of 2017/18.
SENIOR PHYSIO
James Rowland
Nationality: English
Joined from Port Vale, where he had been for almost three years, in March 2017.
PHYSIO
Adrian Littlejohn
Nationality: English
Another with a long association with Warnock. Played under him at Oldham, Bury and Sheffield United.
PHYSIO
Chris Lewis
Nationality: English
Joined club in July 2016 as an Academy Physio before being promoted to first team.
SOFT TISSUE SPECIALIST
Luke Walker
Nationality: English
Worked briefly with Warnock at Rotherham in 2016. Appointed by Bluebirds in June 2017.
JOINT HEAD OF FITNESS & CONDITIONING
Carl Serrant
Nationality: English
Played for Warnock at Bury and Sheffield United before working with him as a fitness coach at QPR. Appointed by Cardiff in summer of 2017.
JOINT HEAD OF FITNESS & CONDITIONING
Lee Southernwood
Nationality: English
Joined in January 2015, having been Head of Sport Science at Leyton Orient for three and a half years.
SENIOR S&C
Mike Beere
Nationality: English
With the club since August 2012, working his way up from Academy S&C.
SPORT SCIENTIST
Ben Parry
Nationality: English
Came to the club as an intern in July 2012. Promoted to first team in September 2014.
ANALYSTS
ANALYST
Jack Radusin
Nationality: Welsh
Appointed to Academy in July 2015 and promoted to first team in July 2016.
RECRUITMENT ANALYST
Patrick Deboys
Nationality: Irish
Arrived as an intern in January 2016. Promoted to first team assistant analyst in October 2016 before being appointed Lead Recruitment Analyst in January 2020.
ASSISTANT ANALYST
Josh Morris
Nationality: Welsh
Joined the club in 2013 as a Development Centre coach before moving into analysis. Appointed to current role in May 2018.
DATA ANALYST
Matt Jenkins
Nationality: English
Was an intern at the club before leaving for West Brom. Returned in 2018 to work with the U23s and was promoted to first team data analyst under Neil Harris in November 2020.
