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Paul Heckingbottom salary

Q: Who is the highest paid football manager?

Paul Heckingbottom earns AU$20,790 a week managing Preston North End - AU$1,081,080 a year.

Paul Heckingbottom earns AU$20,790 a week managing Preston North End - AU$1,081,080 a year. That is the 15 best paid of the 24 Championship managers we hold a wage for.

Preston North End · England · Championship

WEEKLY AU$20,790

YEARLY AU$1.1m

AGE47

CONTRACT TO —

The Preston North End squad is paid AU$481k a week between them.

Wage by season

Every season we hold a wage for, and the club he was at

2025/26

AU$21k

2024/25

AU$23k

2018/19

AU$5k

2017/18

AU$5k

2016/17

AU$5k

Wage by season
SEASON	WEEKLY	YEARLY	CLUB	AGE
2025/26	AU$20,790	AU$1.1m	Preston North End	47
2024/25	AU$22,680	AU$1.2m	Preston North End	47
2018/19	AU$5,292	AU$275k	Hibernian	40
2017/18	AU$5,292	AU$275k	Leeds United	39
2016/17	AU$5,292	AU$275k	Barnsley	38

Coaching staff at Preston North End

20 of the 23 staff we hold at the club

Coaching staff at Preston North End
NAME	ROLE
Stuart McCall	Assistant Manager First Team
Peter Ridsdale	Director
Michael Stringfellow	Technical Director
Jason Euell	Coach First Team
Peter Murphy	Coach First Team
Nick Harrison	Head of Youth Development
Mike Pollitt	GK Coach First Team
Matt Jackson	Head Physio
James Wallace	Chief Scout
James Beet	Loan Manager
Daniel Atkinson	Head Performance Analyst
Andy Liddell	Fitness Coach First Team
Michael Kearns	Fitness Coach First Team
Ethan Seel	Physio First Team
Luke Hemmings	Sports Scientist First Team
David Rodgerson	GK Coach U18 Team
Lucy Weir	Physio U21 Team
Ben Smith	Recruitment Analyst
Paul Morgan	Physio U18 Team
Tom Reeves	Scout

Where the backroom money goes at Preston North End

What the club pays its staff a year, department by department.

Where the backroom money goes at Preston North End
DEPARTMENT	STAFF	YEARLY
Coaching	7	AU$1.2m
Scouting and analysis	6	AU$640k
Medical and sports science	6	AU$528k

What these roles pay at Championship clubs

The median weekly wage for each role, across the 13 Championship clubs we hold staff for.

What these roles pay at Championship clubs
ROLE	STAFF	MEDIAN WEEKLY
Assistant Manager First Team	14	AU$11,907
Director	8	AU$9,545
Technical Director	6	AU$6,237
Coach First Team	22	AU$5,481
Head of Youth Development	12	AU$5,103
GK Coach First Team	14	AU$4,536
Head Physio	11	AU$4,158
Chief Scout	10	AU$4,064
Loan Manager	6	AU$1,956
Head Performance Analyst	12	AU$1,909
Fitness Coach First Team	15	AU$1,701
Physio First Team	29	AU$1,663
Sports Scientist First Team	18	AU$1,550
GK Coach U18 Team	6	AU$1,512
Physio U21 Team	10	AU$1,512
Recruitment Analyst	30	AU$1,503
Physio U18 Team	16	AU$1,408
Scout	44	AU$1,332

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid football manager?

Paul Heckingbottom earns AU$20,790 a week managing Preston North End - AU$1,081,080 a year.

Is a manager's salary part of the club wage bill?

No. The wage bills on our club and league pages are what the playing squad is paid. Manager and coaching salaries sit outside them.