Mick McDermott

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Mick McDermott
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Personal information
Full name Michael McDermott
Date of birth (1974-02-07) 7 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland [1]
Position(s) Defender [2]
Youth career
Cliftonville
Distillery
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1995 Rhode Island Rams [3] 68 (8)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1998 Connecticut Wolves 36 (0)
1999–2000 Raleigh Capital Express 29 (0)
2001 Long Island Rough Riders 21 (0)
Total96(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

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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Early life

Born 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

He has played in USL Second Division. [10] [11] [12]

Coaching career

McDermott 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

McDermott 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

As of match played 2 July 2022
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
PWDLGFGAGDWin %
Esteghlal (caretaker)21 September 20172 October 2017110021+1100.00
Glentoran 31 March 201917 January 2023158923234294152+142058.23
Total159933234296153+143058.49

Honours

Managerial

Glentoran

Individual

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  8. ↑ "Soccer Banter - Mick McDermott". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  9. 1 2 "Mick McDermott Accepts Men's Soccer Assistant Position | Pac-12". Archived from the original on 18 December 2019.
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  13. ↑ "Soccer Banter - Mick McDermott". Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  14. ↑ "Mick McDormott quits as Iran's fitness coach - Tehran Times". Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  15. ↑ "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).
  16. ↑ "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.
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