Newcastle United staff profiles
Written by Simon Austin — December 2, 2017
Pen pics of Newcastle United's coaching, science, medicine and analytics staff. To see staff profiles for other clubs, click here.
MANAGER & COACHES
MANAGER
STEVE BRUCE
Nationality: English
Boyhood Newcastle fan who took over in acrimonious circumstances in July 2019, with Sheffield Wednesday reporting the Magpies to the Premier League for their pursuit of the manager. Now in charge of his 10th club, though yet to match his pedigree as a player, which saw him win 12 trophies for Manchester United.
ASSISTANT
Graeme Jones
Nationality: English
The Gateshead-born coach is a lifelong Newcastle fan and joined the club in January 2021 from Bournemouth, where he had been first-team coach for five months. Worked with former team-mate Roberto Martinez at Swansea, Wigan, Everton and Belgium, before a brief spell as a manager in his own right, at Luton Town.
ASSISTANT
STEVE AGNEW
Nationality: English
Highly-experienced coach, who briefly served as caretaker manager of Middlesbrough. First worked with Bruce at Aston Villa and followed him to Sheffield Wednesday and now Newcastle.
ASSISTANT
STEPHEN CLEMENCE
Nationality: English
Son of legendary England goalkeeper Ray, and played almost 250 games in the Premier League. Played under Bruce at Birmingham and then joined him as a coach at Sunderland, Hull, Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday and now Newcastle.
GOALKEEPER COACH
SIMON SMITH
Nationality: English
Was a youth player for Newcastle before becoming a coach for them, first in the Academy and then with the first team. Left for 11 years to work for teams including the Canadian Soccer Association and LA Galaxy, before returning in 2015.
FIRST TEAM COACH
STEVE HARPER
Nationality: English
Club's longest-serving player worked as Lead Academy Goalkeeping Coach before leaving in May to work full-time for Northern Ireland. Returned in November as first-team coach, with the remit of helping players make the transition from Academy to first team.
MEDICAL & SCIENCE
HEAD OF MEDICAL
DR PAUL CATTERSON
Nationality: English
Heads up the medical department, which includes sport scientists, masseurs and physios. Has worked for Newcastle since 2009.
HEAD OF SPORT SCIENCE
CALLUM WALSH
Nationality: English
Worked for Wigan, Cardiff, Liverpool and the Aspire Academy in Qata before joining Huddersfield in October 2018. Went on to become their Head of Performance, before replacing the long-serving Jamie Harley at Newcastle in July 2021.
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING
Nick Grantham
Nationality: English
Appointed shortly after Steve Bruce became manager in summer of 2019. Highly experienced, having worked for West Brom, Nottingham Forest and the Football Association.
HEAD PHYSIO
DEREK WRIGHT
Nationality: English
A Newcastle United institution, having worked for the club for more than 30 years.
SPORT SCIENTIST
James Allan
Nationality: English
Promoted from assistant to first team sports scientist in October 2020.
SPORT SCIENTIST & DATA ANALYST
John Fitzpatrick
Nationality: English
Promoted from Lead Academy Sport Scientist in June 2021. Joined the club in February 2013 as an intern.
REHAB FITNESS COACH
CRISTIAN FERNANDEZ
Nationality: Spanish
Worked for Northampton Town and Hull City before joining Newcastle in 2016. Oversees the rehab of injured players.
PHYSIO
DANIEL MARTI
Nationality: Spanish
Ran his own clinic, as well as consulting with West Ham and Tottenham, before joining the Magpies in 2016.
ANALYSIS
FIRST TEAM ANALYST
Billy Coulston
Nationality: English
Started with the club as a community coach before moving into analysis shortly afterwards. In current role since 2017.
