BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Bolton Wanderers backroom staff

We hold the names of 32 people on Bolton Wanderers's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Steven Schumacher manages the first team, with Mark Hughes as assistant manager. Bolton Wanderers's is the 22nd longest staff list of the 24 Championship clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED32

COACHING11

MEDICAL8

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS7

NATIONALITIES5

MEDIAN AGE39

Coaching staff

The manager, the assistants and the coaches at every level of the club, 11 people

Bolton Wanderers coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Steven Schumacher	Manager	First team	41	England	Stoke City before that Plymouth Argyle
Andy Taylor	Manager	Under-21s	39	England	-
Julian Darby	Manager	Under-18s	57	England	-
Mark Hughes	Assistant manager	First team	38	England	Stoke City before that Plymouth Argyle
Robert Moss	Assistant manager	Under-18s	39	England	-
Richie Kyle	Coach	First team	41	England	Luton Town Luton before that Forest Green Rovers and Blackpool
Andrew Tutte	Player-coach	Under-21s	34	England	-
Owain Fôn Williams	Goalkeeping coach	First team	38	Wales	Fleetwood Town before that Dunfermline Athletic
Andy Fairman	Goalkeeping coach	Under-21s	45	England	Wycombe Wanderers before that Everton
Matt Pelham	Fitness coach	First team	28	England	-
James Welsh	Fitness coach	Under-18s	34	England	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 8 people

Bolton Wanderers medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Matt Barrass	Head physio	Club-wide	45	England	-
Steve Blakeley	Physio	First team	52	England	-
Dave Newbold	Physio	Under-21s	39	England	-
Eve Elliott	Physio	Under-18s	32	-	Crewe Alexandra
Matthew Pearce	Physio	Under-18s	29	England	-
Paul Walsh	Head of sports science	Club-wide	41	Ireland	Stoke City before that Sunderland
Matt Donnelly	Sports scientist	First team	31	England	Accrington Stanley
Jack Inman	Sports scientist	Under-21s	38	England	Sheffield United Sheff Utd

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 7 people

Bolton Wanderers scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Jimmy Dickinson	Chief scout	Club-wide	32	England	Plymouth Argyle
John Ebbrell	Scout	Club-wide	55	England	Oldham Athletic before that Everton
Sławomir Morawski	Recruitment analyst	Club-wide	35	Poland	Portimonense
Richard Bredice	Head performance analyst	Club-wide	34	England	Burnley before that RSC Anderlecht
Kevin Mulligan	Performance analyst	First team	31	England	Tranmere Rovers
Sean Taylor	Performance analyst	Under-21s	31	England	-
Matt Stephens	Performance analyst	Under-18s	30	England	-

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 1 person

Bolton Wanderers football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Dave Gardiner	Head of youth development	50	England

Owners and directors

Who owns Bolton Wanderers and sits on its board

Bolton Wanderers owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Sharon Brittan	Chair	58	-	-
David Ray	Managing director	44	England	-
Fergal Harkin	Director	48	Ireland	R Standard de Liège before that Manchester City
Michael James	Director	67	England	-
Nick Luckcock	Director	51	Australia	-

Backroom staff at every Championship club

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

Bolton Wanderers's list is the 22nd longest of the 24, against a median of 45 across the division. Southampton names the most, 61. Wrexham names the fewest, 29.

Bolton Wanderers against the Championship, department by department

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

Bolton Wanderers staff by department against the Championship average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	BOLTON WANDERERS	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	11	14	20	West Ham United West Ham
Medical and sports science	8	10	15	Blackburn Rovers
Scouting and analysis	7	12	28	Southampton
Football management	1	2	3	Southampton
Owners and directors	5	6	11	Blackburn Rovers

Backrooms the size of Bolton Wanderers's, in every league

Bolton Wanderers's 32 names make the joint 292nd longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 278th to 292nd, with Bolton Wanderers among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
278	Nagoya Grampus	J1 League	33
278	Oud-Heverlee Leuven	Belgian Pro League	33
278	Portsmouth	Championship	33
278	Preston North End	Championship	33
278	Rosenborg BK	Eliteserien	33
278	Royale Union Saint-Gilloise	Belgian Pro League	33
278	Stoke City	Championship	33
278	Urawa Reds	J1 League	33
278	Wycombe Wanderers	League One	33
292	AJ Auxerre	Ligue 1	32
292	Bolton Wanderers	Championship	32
292	Cruzeiro Esporte Clube SAF	Brasileirão Série A	32
292	Estoril Praia Futebol	Primeira Liga	32
292	F Marinos	J1 League	32
292	FC Nantes	Ligue 2	32
292	FK Bodø/Glimt	Eliteserien	32
292	Górnik Zabrze	Ekstraklasa	32
292	Holstein Kiel	2. Bundesliga	32
292	Leyton Orient	League One	32
292	Lommel SK	Belgian Pro League	32
292	Portimonense	-	32

Where Bolton Wanderers's staff come from

5 nationalities across the 30 staff whose nationality we hold

England 25

Ireland 2

Australia 1

Poland 1

Wales 1

England supplies 25 of the 30, 83%. The median age is 39. The oldest is Michael James, director, at 67, and the youngest Matt Pelham, fitness coach, at 28. 15 members of staff came from another club, most often Stoke City (3).

Where Bolton Wanderers's former staff work now

On Bolton Wanderers's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 16 people

People who worked at Bolton Wanderers in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Ian Evatt	Manager	Blackpool
Phil Parkinson	Manager	Wrexham
Peter Atherton	Assistant manager	Wigan Athletic
Steve Parkin	Assistant manager	Wrexham
Matt Craddock	Coach	Sunderland
Mike Pollitt	Goalkeeping coach	Preston North End
Catherine Beattie	Physio	Wrexham
Ali Gibb	Physio	Stockport County
Nick Allamby	Head of sports science	Middlesbrough
Chris Short	Sports scientist	Oxford United
Tommy Johnson	Scout	Port Vale
Luke Foulkes	Head performance analyst	Cardiff City Cardiff
Adam Cooper	Performance analyst	Norwich City Norwich
Harry Taylor	Performance analyst	Liverpool
Neil Hart	Managing director	Milton Keynes Dons
Chris Markham	Director	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield

Frequently asked questions

Who is Bolton Wanderers's manager?

Steven Schumacher is the Bolton Wanderers first-team manager, aged 41. Mark Hughes is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Bolton Wanderers?

Owain Fôn Williams coaches the Bolton Wanderers first-team goalkeepers.

Who is Bolton Wanderers's head physio?

Matt Barrass is head physio at Bolton Wanderers.

Who is Bolton Wanderers's chief scout?

Jimmy Dickinson is chief scout at Bolton Wanderers.

How many backroom staff do Bolton Wanderers have?

We hold the names of 32 people on Bolton Wanderers's staff for 2025/26: 11 in coaching, 8 in medical and sports science, 7 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 5 owners and directors. That is the 22nd longest list of the 24 Championship clubs we hold, against a median of 45. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 292nd longest of 815.

Where to next

For what Bolton Wanderers pays its squad, see Bolton Wanderers player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Steven Schumacher. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Championship wages.