Huddersfield staff profiles
Pen pics of Huddersfield's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. To see the staff profiles for other clubs, click here.
COACHING STAFF
HEAD COACH
JAN SIEWERT
Nationality: German
Like his predecessor David Wagner, he arrives from Borussia Dortmund reserves. However, Huddersfield insist they were following the German when he was coach of Bochum U19s, in 2016/17. Has a contract until the summer of 2021.
ASSISTANT
ANDREAS WINKLER
Nationality: German
Previously worked with Siewert at Rot-Weiss - when he was Sporting Director and his younger compatriot was coach. Had previously been Academy Manager at the club for 14 years. Joined Barnsley in the summer before Terriers triggered his release clause.
ASSISTANT
CHRISTOPH BUHLER
Nationality: German
Wagner's right-hand man. Played alongside him for Weinham, then coached with him at Hoffenheim and Dortmund B. Came with him to Huddersfield in November 2015.
FIRST-TEAM COACH
ANDREW HUGHES
Nationality: English
Appointed first-team coach May 2016. Previously at Crystal Palace under Alan Pardew. Played more than 600 professional games as a defender and midfielder.
GOALKEEPING
PAUL CLEMENTS
Nationality: English
Clements was promoted from Academy to first team at the start of 2017/18. Previously at Wolves for three years and before that Middlesbrough.
SCIENCE AND MEDICAL
HEAD OF PERFORMANCE
JOHN IGA
Nationality: English
Appointed to newly-created role in April 2016. Responsible for science and medical at first team and Academy level. Previously Head of Sport Science for the Football Association and before that Wolves.
HEAD OF MEDICAL
IAN KIRKPATRICK
Nationality: English
Promoted from first team physio in June 2015. Originally joined the club in October 2013.
HEAD OF STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
MICHAEL RAWSON
Nationality: English
Replaced Tom Little, who is now the Head of Sport Science at Preston, in June 2013. Previously at Bolton for six years.
SENIOR PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE COACH
CALLUM WALSH
Nationality: English
Worked at Wigan, Cardiff and Liverpool before spending two years at the Aspire Academy in Qatar. Appointed by Huddersfield in October 2018.
PERFORMANCE COACH
CALLUM ADAMS
Nationality: English
Joined as an intern in June 2014 before being promoted a year later. Responsible for monitoring (GPS & wellness) and is also assistant S&C.
SENIOR PHYSIO
LIAM KERSHAW
Nationality: English
Appointed in July 2017. Was previously Academy physio at Liverpool for almost six years.
SENIOR PHYSIO
STEVE HUMPHRIES
Nationality: English
Joined in August 2017. Most of his experience was previously in rugby, including spells with Leeds Carnegie and the Samoa national team.
ANALYSTS
SENIOR ANALYST
JANSEN MORENO
Nationality: Gibraltar
Grew up in Gibraltar and worked as an analyst for their national team. With Huddersfield since March 2017, following spells with Norwich and Brighton. Promoted in July 2018.
DATA ANALYST
Mladen Sormaz
Nationality:
Joined in September 2018 and also works for Football Whispers as a data scientist. Previously a cognitive neuroscience research associate at York University.
PERFORMANCE ANALYST
CRAIG NOSWORTHY
Nationality: English
Appointed in July 2017. Previously an intern with Southampton and the Football Association.
POST-MATCH ANALYST
TOM PAYNE
Nationality: English
With the Terriers since August 2014. Also a contributor to football analytics websites.
OPPOSITION ANALYST
ADAM HOUSLEY
Nationality: English
Recruited in July 2017 as Huddersfield beefed up their analytics department. Previous spells as a performance analyst with Sunderland and Rotherham.
