Michael McDermott (born 1974) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of the Qatar national team. McDermott has held various coaching roles in professional football clubs as well as at the international level.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael McDermott | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender[2] | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cliftonville | |||
| Distillery | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1995 | Rhode Island Rams[3] | 68 | (8) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Connecticut Wolves | 36 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | Raleigh Capital Express | 29 | (0) |
| 2001 | Long Island Rough Riders | 21 | (0) |
| Total | 96 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992 | Northern Ireland U18 | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2002–2003[4] | Connecticut Wolves (assistant) | ||
| 2002–2003[5] | Quinnipiac Bobcats (assistant) | ||
| 2004–2006[6] | Oregon State Beavers (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2010 | Al Ain (fitness coach) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Iran (fitness coach) | ||
| 2012–2016 | Al-Nasr (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Esteghlal (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Esteghlal (caretaker) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Iran (assistant) | ||
| 2019 | Colombia (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2023 | Glentoran | ||
| 2023– | Qatar (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early life
editBorn in Belfast, McDermott attended Belfast Boys' Model School and played for Cliftonville and Distillery at youth levels.[7] He won a soccer scholarship at the University of Rhode Island.[8] He made three caps for Northern Ireland national under-18.[9]
Playing career
editHe has played in USL Second Division.[10][11][12]
Coaching career
editMcDermott has held coaching positions at some of Asia's biggest Clubs; Al Ain FC (Abu Dhabi), Esteghlal FC (Tehran), Al Nasr FC (Dubai). Previously he was the Fitness Coach of Iran national football team[13][14] during their successful World Cup 2014 qualification campaign. Prior to his second spell with the Iran National team, on 2 July 2017, he was appointed as the Assistant Manager of Iranian football club Esteghlal.[15] After a brief spell as 'interim' Manager, on 30 October 2017 he terminated his contract with Esteghlal on mutual agreement.[16]
After leaving Esteghlal FC he returned to the Iran National team / Team Melli to work alongside Carlos Queiroz as an Assistant Coach for the 2018 Russia World Cup and also for the Asian Cup 2019 in UAE where they were knocked out in the semi-final by Japan. When Queiroz became the head coach of Colombia in February 2019 it was announced that Mick would join him but an agreement was not reached with the Colombian FA.[17][18]
On 31 March 2019, Mick took the job of Glentoran manager with imminent investment due to come into the club. Interim Manager Gary Smyth, who could no longer fulfil the role due to a lack of necessary UEFA coaching qualifications, returned to his former role as Assistant.[19]
In his first full season as Glentoran manager, McDermott managed the club to victory in the Irish Cup final, defeating Ballymena United 2–1[20] and thus securing a place in the 2020-21 Europa League Preliminary round.
Mick McDermott strengthened his squad ahead of the 2020-21 season, signing Northern Ireland international Luke McCullough and Gibraltar goalkeeper Dayle Coleing, as well as Burundi midfielder Gaël Bigirimana.[21][22] McDermott's side defeated Faroese side Havnar Bóltfelag 1–0 in the preliminary round,[23] before being knocked out in a 5–1 defeat away to Scottish team Motherwell.[24]
He was replaced by Rodney McAree as manager on 17 January 2023.
Personal life
editMcDermott married to Karla in 1996, who was also a fellow student at University of Rhode Island and a U.S. citizen. As of 2019, the couple had two sons and two daughters.[25][26]
Managerial statistics
edit- As of match played 2 July 2022
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Esteghlal (caretaker) | 21 September 2017 | 2 October 2017 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Glentoran | 31 March 2019 | 17 January 2023 | 158 | 92 | 32 | 34 | 294 | 152 | +142 | 58.23 |
| Total | 159 | 93 | 32 | 34 | 296 | 153 | +143 | 58.49 | ||
Honours
editManagerial
editGlentoran
Individual
edit- Atlantic 10 Conference Student-Athlete of the Year: 1995[9]
References
edit- ^ Steven Goff (24 October 2011). "Iran national team's coaching staff has strong ties to American soccer". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ^ "1998 Umbro Select All-Star Classic Rosters & Schedule". Socceramerica.com.
- ^ Rhode Island Records (PDF), CSTV, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2019
- ^ [1] [dead link]
- ^ [2]
- ^ "The Daily Barometer". Dailybaro.orangemedianetwork.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Belfast man Michael McDermott aiming to help Iran shock Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo". Irishnews.com. 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Soccer Banter - Mick McDermott". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Mick McDermott Accepts Men's Soccer Assistant Position". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Archived copy". Socceroutsider.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "For Wolves, Pressure is on". Articles.courant.com.
- ^ "Match Result". Archived from the original on 20 December 2004. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
- ^ "Soccer Banter - Mick McDermott". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Mick McDormott quits as Iran's fitness coach - Tehran Times". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
- ^ "میک مک درموت علاوه بر بدنساز، دستیار منصوریان هم شد" [A part from being a fitness coach, Mick McDermott will be Mansourian's assistant as well]. Tarafdari.com (in Persian).
- ^ "قرارداد میک مک درموت با استقلال فسخ شد" [Mick McDermott's contract was terminated]. Tarafdari.com (in Persian). 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ "Carlos Queiroz ya está en Bogotá". Diariodelcesar.com. 6 February 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "میلیونر ایرانی در ایرلند باشگاه می خرد". Varzesh3.com. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "Mick McDermott Appointed Head Coach | Glentoran FC". Glentoran.com. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ^ "Irish Cup final: Glens edge Sky Blues to win Windsor decider". BBC Sport. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Glentoran announce three new signings including Northern Ireland defender Luke McCullough". Belfast Live. 1 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Welcome Dayle and Gael". Glentoran F.C. 11 August 2020. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Glentoran 1-0 HB Torshavn". Glentoran FC. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Motherwell 5-1 Glentoran". BBC Sport. 27 August 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- ^ "Glentoran manager's wife told to leave NI amid visa crisis". Belfastlive.co.uk. 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Glentoran FC manager Mick McDermott's wife tells of visa 'nightmare'". Irishnews.com. 23 September 2019.