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BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Birmingham City backroom staff

We hold the names of 45 people on Birmingham City's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Chris Davies manages the first team, with Ben Petty as assistant manager. Birmingham City's is the joint 11th longest staff list of the 24 Championship clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED45
COACHING14
MEDICAL14
SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS9
NATIONALITIES7
MEDIAN AGE38

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 14 people

Birmingham City coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE TEAM AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Chris Davies Manager First team 40 Wales Tottenham Hotspur Spurs before that Leicester City and Celtic
Martyn Olorenshaw Manager Under-18s 35 England -
Ben Petty Assistant manager First team 48 England Leicester City Leicester
Danny Barham Assistant manager Under-21s 31 England -
Marcos Painter Assistant manager Under-18s 38 Ireland -
Jonathan Grounds Coach First team 37 England -
Nathan Gardiner Coach First team 39 England Fulham before that Tottenham Hotspur
Tom Huddlestone Coach First team 38 England Manchester United Man Utd
Mike Scott Coach Under-21s 45 England Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves before that Derby County and West Bromwich Albion
Andy Crabtree Coach Under-18s 40 England Coventry City
Maik Taylor Goalkeeping coach First team 53 Northern Ireland Walsall
Jason Pearcey Goalkeeping coach Under-21s 53 England Derby County
Daniel Tumelty-Bevan Goalkeeping coach Under-18s 34 Wales Bristol Rovers
Aden King Fitness coach First team 32 England Swansea City before that West Bromwich Albion

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 14 people

Birmingham City medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE TEAM AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Parin Solanki Club doctor First team 35 England -
Peter Shaw Head physio Club-wide 44 England -
Andrew Proctor Physio First team 45 England Bristol City before that Oxford United
Calum Hughes Physio First team 24 Scotland -
David Hunt Physio First team 43 England -
Iain Worton Physio First team 40 England -
Jake Hogger Physio First team 24 England -
James Hughes Physio First team 26 England -
Keiren Stimpson Physio First team 31 England -
Matthew Lowndes Physio First team 28 England Rotherham United
Tom Shaw Physio Under-21s 33 England Bristol Rovers
Dhani Pattinson-Hughes Head of sports science Club-wide 34 England -
Ben Czerepaninec Sports scientist Under-21s 30 England Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Matthew Cook Sports scientist Under-21s 49 England Barnsley before that OGC Nice and New York City FC

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 9 people

Birmingham City scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE TEAM AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Joe Carnall Chief scout Club-wide 39 England Millwall before that Derby County
Lukas Jutkiewicz Scout Club-wide 36 England -
Micky Moore Scout Club-wide 51 England Shrewsbury Town before that Cheltenham Town and Grimsby Town
Matthew Nield Recruitment analyst Club-wide 30 England -
Jack Kriskinans Head performance analyst Club-wide 26 England Football Club Midtjylland
Carl Blakemore Performance analyst First team 34 Wales Middlesbrough before that West Bromwich Albion
Dan Poxon Performance analyst First team 25 England -
Adam Cole Performance analyst Under-21s 28 England Peterborough United
Tom Hadley Performance analyst Under-18s 30 England -

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 2 people

Birmingham City football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME ROLE AGE NATIONALITY PREVIOUSLY AT
Mike Rigg Head of youth development 54 England Burnley
Martin O'Connor Loan manager 57 Cayman Islands Walsall

Owners and directors

Who owns Birmingham City and sits on its board

Birmingham City owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME ROLE AGE NATIONALITY
Tom Wagner Chair 55 United States
Andrew Shannahan Director 44 United States
Craig Gardner Director 38 England
Kyle Kneisly Director 37 United States
Matthew Alvarez Director 53 United States
Michael Wiseman Director 69 England

Backroom staff at every Championship club

The names we hold at each club in the division, 2025/26

Southampton 61 Blackburn Rovers 60 Wolves 60 Norwich 57 West Ham 54 Derby County 53 Bristol City 48 Queens Park Rangers 47 Sheff Utd 47 Cardiff 46 Birmingham City 45 Burnley 45 Middlesbrough 45 Charlton Athletic 42 Swansea City 39 Watford 39 Millwall 38 Lincoln City 34 Portsmouth 33 Preston North End 33 Stoke City 33 Bolton Wanderers 32 West Brom 31 Wrexham 29

Birmingham City's list is the joint 11th longest of the 24, against a median of 45 across the division. Southampton names the most, 61. Wrexham names the fewest, 29.

Birmingham City against the Championship, department by department

Names held in each department, beside the average and the most at any one club

Birmingham City staff by department against the Championship average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT BIRMINGHAM CITY AVERAGE MOST AT
Coaching 14 14 20 West Ham United West Ham
Medical and sports science 14 10 15 Blackburn Rovers
Scouting and analysis 9 12 28 Southampton
Football management 2 2 3 Southampton
Owners and directors 6 6 11 Blackburn Rovers

Backrooms the size of Birmingham City's, in every league

Birmingham City's 45 names make the joint 121st longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 104th to 131st, with Birmingham City among them.
# CLUB LEAGUE STAFF
104 Queens Park Rangers Championship 47
104 Sheffield United Sheff Utd Championship 47
104 Unione Calcio Sampdoria Serie B 47
114 AC Sparta Praha Czech First League 46
114 AS Saint-Étienne Ligue 2 46
114 Cardiff City Cardiff Championship 46
114 Fluminense Brasileirão Série A 46
114 Football Club København Danish Superliga 46
114 Olympique Lyonnais Ligue 1 46
114 Paris FC Ligue 1 46
121 Birmingham City Championship 45
121 Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening Danish Superliga 45
121 Burnley Championship 45
121 Club Atlético Unión de Santa Fe Super Liga 45
121 Club de Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata Super Liga 45
121 FC Machida Zelvia J1 League 45
121 Middlesbrough Championship 45
121 Perugia - 45
121 RC Strasbourg Alsace Ligue 1 45
121 VfB Stuttgart Bundesliga 45
131 Atlético Madrid Atlético La Liga 44

Where Birmingham City's staff come from

7 nationalities across the 45 staff whose nationality we hold

England 34
United States 4
Wales 3
Cayman Islands 1
Ireland 1
Northern Ireland 1
Scotland 1

England supplies 34 of the 45, 76%. The median age is 38. The oldest is Michael Wiseman, director, at 69, and the youngest Calum Hughes, physio, at 24. 22 members of staff came from another club, most often Bristol Rovers (2).

Where Birmingham City's former staff work now

On Birmingham City's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 26 people

People who worked at Birmingham City in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME ROLE NOW NOW AT
John Eustace Manager Derby County
Steve Cotterill Manager Cheltenham Town
Richard Beale Manager Aston Villa
Matthew Gardiner Assistant manager Derby County
Mike Dodds Assistant manager Oxford United
Karl Hooper Assistant manager Aston Villa
James Beattie Coach Reading
Keith Downing Coach Derby County
Pete Shuttleworth Coach Sheffield Wednesday
Julian Gray Coach Arsenal
Stuart English Coach Sunderland
Ryan Needs Set-piece coach Chicago Fire FC
Darryl Flahavan Goalkeeping coach Sheffield Wednesday
Kevin Hitchcock Goalkeeping coach New England Revolution
Tony Roberts Goalkeeping coach Shanghai Shenhua
Scott Bevan Goalkeeping coach Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Christopher Butler Goalkeeping coach West Bromwich Albion West Brom
Kai Win Club doctor Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Jake Roe Head physio Forest Green Rovers
Aman Singh Shergill Sports scientist Aston Villa
Austin Scott Sports scientist Manchester United Man Utd
Tom Page Sports scientist West Bromwich Albion West Brom
Harvey Bussell Chief scout Utah Royals Women
John Park Chief scout St Mirren
Sam Morrow Chief scout Kilmarnock
Daniel Millard Performance analyst Millwall

Frequently asked questions

Who is Birmingham City's manager?

Chris Davies is the Birmingham City first-team manager, aged 40. Ben Petty is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Birmingham City?

Maik Taylor coaches the Birmingham City first-team goalkeepers.

Who is Birmingham City's head physio?

Peter Shaw is head physio at Birmingham City.

Who is Birmingham City's chief scout?

Joe Carnall is chief scout at Birmingham City.

How many backroom staff do Birmingham City have?

We hold the names of 45 people on Birmingham City's staff for 2025/26: 14 in coaching, 14 in medical and sports science, 9 in scouting and analysis, 2 in football management and 6 owners and directors. That is the joint 11th longest list of the 24 Championship clubs we hold, against a median of 45. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 121st longest of 815.

Where to next

For what Birmingham City pays its squad, see Birmingham City player wages. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Championship wages.