| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Conor Joseph Sellars [1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 February 1992 [2] | ||
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
| Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Hull City (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2007–2010 | Middlesbrough | ||
| 2010–2011 | Rochdale | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–2012 | Fão | 9 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Hallam | (9) | |
| 2013 | Höttur | 8 | (1) |
| 2013 | Harrogate Railway Athletic | ||
| 2013–2014 | Harrogate Town | 14 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Worksop Town | ||
| 2015–2018 | Tadcaster Albion | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2021 | Bradford City (joint caretaker manager) | ||
| 2021 | Bradford City (joint manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Conor Joseph Sellars (born 15 February 1992) is an English football coach and former player who is the under-23 lead professional development phase coach at Hull City.
Born in Leeds, [1] Sellars, a midfielder, began his youth career at Middlesbrough and Rochdale, [1] before playing professionally in Portugal for Fão and in Iceland for Höttur. [3] He made eight appearances for 2. deild karla side Höttur, scoring once. [4] He also played non-league football in England for Hallam, [1] Harrogate Railway Athletic, [5] Harrogate Town, [6] Worksop Town, [7] and Tadcaster Albion, [5] [8] [9] before retiring in May 2018 to concentrate on his coaching career. [10]
He has worked for Bradford City as a youth coach, [11] before being appointed caretaker manager alongside Mark Trueman in December 2020. [12] [13] Their first match was a 1–1 draw away at Crawley Town on 15 December 2020, the club's first point in six games. [14] [15] The club's CEO Ryan Sparks said that Trueman and Sellars had the board's full support whilst the search for a permanent manager was ongoing. [16] Their second match was a 1–0 victory at home against Cambridge United on 19 December 2020, the club's first league win in eight matches. [17] [18] After the result, Truman and Sellars had a celebratory beer, and then spent seven to eight hours the next day planning for the next game. [19] Sellars later said that the players were reacting to the caretaker managers' hard work. [20]
On 28 December 2020, it was announced that Trueman and Sellars had been promoted to 'interim' managers and would remain in charge of the team for at least January 2021. [21] [22] [23] Sellars later spoke about being in charge for this first transfer window in January 2021, [24] telling players who might have lost their place in the first-team as a result of new signings to continue training and working hard. [25]
In February 2021 Bradford City CEO Ryan Sparks said that Trueman and Sellars were happy with their 'interim' status and were not pushing to be made permanent managers. [26] Later that month Trueman and Sellars were nominated for the January 2021 EFL League Two Manager of the Month award, after 2 wins and 1 draw in their 3 league games that month. [27] Trueman and Sellars were also praised by player Connor Wood for their maturity and detail. [28]
On 22 February 2021, Trueman and Sellars were announced as Bradford City's joint permanent managers, on a contract until the end of the 2021–22 season. [29] They were the youngest managers in the English Football League. [30]
By 8 March 2021, Trueman and Sellars had won 10 out of 15 league games, only losing once, and guided Bradford City from 22nd to 10th in the division. [30] That same day the duo were nominated for the February 2021 EFL League Two Manager of the Month award, after one loss and four successive victories. [31]
In May 2021, after a dip in the team's form which saw them lose five matches in a row, Sellars said that he and Trueman would get out of their slump and that they had done their job in guiding the club away from relegation. [32] On 10 May 2021, however, the two managers had their management contracts terminated by the club, having finished the season with a run of just one point from a possible 21 that ended in a mid-table finish. The two were offered alternative roles at the club, [33] [34] who were hopeful that the duo would remain. [35] It was later announced that Trueman would stay with the club as a first-team link coach, although Sellars had yet to make a decision. [36]
Sellars left Bradford City on 18 June 2021, after seven years with the club, although the club said they would still fund Sellars' UEFA Pro (Level 5) license coaching course. [37] In July 2022 he became the under-23 lead professional development phase coach at Hull City. [38]
In February 2021 Sellars said that he is influenced by foreign coaching styles, including the Italian football he watched as a child and the time he spent as a player in Portugal and Iceland. [39]
His father is former footballer Scott Sellars. [3]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||||
| Bradford City [ citation needed ] | 13 December 2020 | 10 May 2021 | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43.33 | |||
| Total | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 43.33 | |||||