Mick McDermott
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Personal information | |||
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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 | Glentoran (Head coach) | ||
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– | Glentoran | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Michael "Mick" McDermott (born 1974 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish former professional football player, and current manager of Glentoran. McDermott has held various coaching roles in professional football clubs as well as at the international level.
Early life
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
He 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]
Although Mick hails from the west of Belfast city, he has gone on record to quote that "The Sun Rises in the East"
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 4 January 2020
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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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 | Present | 36 | 21 | 8 | 7 | 76 | 42 | +34 | 58.33 |
Total | 37 | 22 | 8 | 7 | 78 | 43 | +35 | 59.46 |
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 have two sons Malakai (9) and Michael Jr. (12); and two daughters Kiera (17) and Kali (19).[20][21]
Honours
Managerial
- Glentoran
Individual
- Atlantic 10 Conference Student-Athlete of the Year: 1995[22]
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/18141/1998-umbro-select-all-star-classic-rosters-sched.html
- ^ Rhode Island Records (PDF), CSTV, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2019
- ^ [2]
- ^ http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/wsoc/2010–11/releases/205135828_1
- ^ [3]
- ^ https://www.irishnews.com/sport/footballsoccer/2018/06/25/news/belfast-man-mcdermott-aiming-to-help-iran-shock-portugal-and-cr7-1365098/
- ^ https://www.soccerbanter.org/mick-mcdermott
- ^ https://pac-12.com/article/2004/03/16/mick-mcdermott-accepts-mens-soccer-assistant-position
- ^ http://socceroutsider.com/bios/michael-mcdermott[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://articles.courant.com/2002-08-08/features/0208080123_1_kick-stoppage-time-connecticut-wolves
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-20. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ [4]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "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] (in Persian). Tarafdari.
- ^ "قرارداد میک مک درموت با استقلال فسخ شد" [Mick McDermott's contract was terminated] (in Persian). Tarafdari. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
- ^ [5]
- ^ ورزش3: میلیونر ایرانی در ایرلند باشگاه می خرد.
- ^ "Mick McDermott Appointed Head Coach | Glentoran FC". www.glentoran.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/glentoran-manager-mick-mcdermotts-wife-16963124
- ^ https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/24/news/glentoran-fc-manager-mick-mcdermott-s-wife-tells-of-visa-nightmare--1720230/
- ^ https://pac-12.com/article/2004/03/16/mick-mcdermott-accepts-mens-soccer-assistant-position
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Oregon State Beavers soccer
- University of Rhode Island alumni
- Sportspeople from Belfast
- Lisburn Distillery F.C. players
- Long Island Rough Riders players
- Raleigh (Capital) Express players
- Association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Football managers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriate football managers from Northern Ireland
- Expatriate football managers in Iran
- Connecticut Wolves players
- Cliftonville F.C. players
- Quinnipiac Bobcats men's soccer
- Esteghlal F.C. managers
- Glentoran F.C. managers
- NIFL Premiership managers
- Association football defenders
- Rhode Island Rams men's soccer players
- American people of Northern Ireland descent
- People with acquired American citizenship
- Northern Ireland youth international footballers