Mick McDermott
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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] | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cobh Ramblers (manager) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2023–2024 | Qatar (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Cobh Ramblers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael McDermott (born 1974) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of League of Ireland First Division club Cobh Ramblers.
Early life
[edit]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
[edit]He has played in USL Second Division.[10][11][12]
Coaching career
[edit]McDermott has held coaching positions at some of Asia's biggest clubs; Al Ain (Abu Dhabi), Esteghlal (Tehran) and Al-Nasr (Dubai). Previously he was the fitness coach of the 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 Esteghlal.[15] After a brief spell as interim manager, on 30 October 2017 he terminated his contract by mutual agreement.[16]
After leaving Esteghlal he returned to the Iran national team to work alongside Carlos Queiroz as an assistant coach for the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the 2019 AFC Asian Cup 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 McDermott would join him but an agreement was not reached with the Colombian FA.[17][18]
On 31 March 2019, McDermott took the job of Glentoran manager. 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. McDermott strengthened the squad ahead of the 2020-21 season, signing former 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 assistant manager Rodney McAree as manager on 17 January 2023 after a poor run of form.[25]
After spending time as the assistant manager of the Qatar national team, McDermott was named manager of League of Ireland First Division club Cobh Ramblers on 4 December 2024.[26]
Personal life
[edit]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.[27][28]
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 |
| Cobh Ramblers | 4 December 2024 | Present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
| Total | 159 | 93 | 32 | 34 | 296 | 153 | +143 | 58.49 | ||
Honours
[edit]Managerial
[edit]Glentoran
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.
- ^ "Mick McDermott: Glentoran manager is replaced in role by assistant Rodney McAree". BBC Sport. 17 January 2023.
- ^ https://cobhramblers.ie/michael-mcdermott-appointed-head-coach-of-cobh-ramblers-fc/
- ^ "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.
External links
[edit]- 1974 births
- Living people
- Oregon State Beavers men's soccer coaches
- University of Rhode Island alumni
- Association footballers from Belfast
- Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Lisburn Distillery F.C. players
- Long Island Rough Riders players
- A-League (1995–2004) players
- Raleigh Express players
- Association football managers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriate association football managers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriate football managers in Iran
- Connecticut Wolves players
- Cliftonville F.C. players
- Quinnipiac Bobcats men's soccer coaches
- Esteghlal F.C. managers
- Glentoran F.C. managers
- Cobh Ramblers F.C. managers
- NIFL Premiership managers
- League of Ireland managers
- Men's association football defenders
- Rhode Island Rams men's soccer players
- American people of Northern Ireland descent
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- Northern Ireland men's youth international footballers
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