John Ebbrell promoted to Head of Academy Coaching. Heard Sean Lundon has left the club
I must admit apart from the few obvious names it’s hard to figure out at times who does what in our U23s / Academy. Any builds / corrections of this would be appreciated. This is what I believe :
So, Unsworth is U23s Manager and Director of Academy .
Franny Jeffers is now the only Assistant U23 Manager.
Baines does Professional development with the youngsters.
Joel Waldron has a vague title of Academy Chief Operating officer.
Ebbrell is now Head of Academy Coaching, which seems to me to be less hands on than his previous role, reports to Unsworth.
Paul Tait as u18 coach reports to Ebbrell , as do u16s and other Academy coaches.
Chris Perkins who we got from Derby as Academy Recruitment Manager is in the mix, but haven’t heard much of him lately , presumably reports to Ebbrell or maybe Unsworth?
At U23s , Unsworth now has more responsibility, liaises more with Brands/ Carlo , but has lost his right hand man in coaching, leaving just Jeffers, so the U23s coaching staff appears reduced.
If this was the industries I’ve worked in this would be announced as.
“ Sean Lundon has left to pursue opportunities elsewhere and John Ebbrell has accepted a promotion to become Head of Academy Coaching.
Leighton Baines will have a more direct involvement in U23s coaching going forward as assistant manager (defence) .......”
That last bit is just an educated guess, but it seems we need to beef up the hands-on coaching team now at U23s .
Baines/Jeffers partnership would also nicely mirror the Davide Ancelotti/ Big Dunc roles with the first team so maybe possible.
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