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] | ||
| Club 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) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992 | Northern Ireland U18 | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 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 (manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Michael 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]
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]
Managerial statistics[]
- As of match played 4 January 2020
| 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 | 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).[25][26]
Honours[]
Managerial[]
- Glentoran
Individual[]
- Atlantic 10 Conference Student-Athlete of the Year: 1995[27]
References[]
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/soccer-insider/post/iran-national-teams-coaching-staff-has-strong-ties-to-american-soccer/2011/10/24/gIQACghRDM_blog.html
- ^ "1998 Umbro Select All-Star Classic Rosters & Schedule".
- ^ Rhode Island Records (PDF), CSTV, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2019
- ^ http://www.pac-12.org/ABOUT/News/Pac12News/tabid/905/Article/49357/mick-mcdermott-accepts-mens-soccer-assistant-position.aspx
- ^ http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/wsoc/2010–11/releases/205135828_1[bare URL]
- ^ "The Daily Barometer: Oregon State University Student Newspaper, Corvallis News, Crime and Beaver Sports".
- ^ "Belfast man Michael McDermott aiming to help Iran shock Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo". 25 June 2018.
- ^ "Soccer Banter - Mick McDermott". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- ^ "Mick McDermott Accepts Men's Soccer Assistant Position | Pac-12". Archived from the original on 2019-12-18.
- ^ http://socceroutsider.com/bios/michael-mcdermott[permanent dead link]
- ^ "For Wolves, Pressure is on".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-20. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ http://www.soccerbanter.org/mick-mcdermott.html[dead link]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
{{cite web}}: 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.
- ^ "Carlos Queiroz ya está en Bogotá".
- ^ ورزش3: میلیونر ایرانی در ایرلند باشگاه می خرد.
- ^ "Mick McDermott Appointed Head Coach | Glentoran FC". www.glentoran.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
- ^ "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". 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Glentoran FC manager Mick McDermott's wife tells of visa 'nightmare'". 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Mick McDermott Accepts Men's Soccer Assistant Position | Pac-12". Archived from the original on 2019-12-18.
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Oregon State Beavers men's soccer coaches
- University of Rhode Island alumni
- Association footballers 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 coaches
- 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
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States