BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Portsmouth backroom staff

We hold the names of 33 people on Portsmouth's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. John Mousinho manages the first team, with Jon Harley as assistant manager. Portsmouth's is the joint 19th longest staff list of the 24 Championship clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED33

COACHING11

MEDICAL5

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS10

NATIONALITIES3

MEDIAN AGE34

Coaching staff

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

Portsmouth coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
John Mousinho	Manager	First team	39	England	Oxford United
Sam Hudson	Manager	Under-18s	32	England	-
Jon Harley	Assistant manager	First team	45	England	Chelsea
Michael Doyle	Coach	First team	44	Ireland	Woking before that Notts County
Piero Mingoia	Coach	Under-18s	33	England	Watford
Joe Prodomo	Goalkeeping coach	First team	33	England	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth before that Southend United
Daniel Hill	Goalkeeping coach	Under-18s	35	England	-
David Hills	Goalkeeping coach	Under-18s	35	England	-
George Bell	Fitness coach	First team	33	Ireland	Leeds United Leeds
Max Whittingham	Fitness coach	First team	29	England	Plymouth Argyle
Oliver Eyres	Fitness coach	Under-18s	24	England	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 5 people

Portsmouth medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Chris Bosshardt	Chief doctor	Club-wide	28	England	-
Steve Hard	Head physio	Club-wide	48	England	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth
Matt Best	Physio	First team	31	England	AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth
Oliver Renyard	Physio	First team	26	England	Cambridge United before that Eastleigh
Rupak Pun	Physio	First team	26	England	-

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 10 people

Portsmouth scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Bradley Wall	Chief scout	Club-wide	33	England	-
Chris McCready	Scout	Club-wide	43	England	-
Darryl Finney	Scout	Club-wide	49	England	-
Jason Ngandu	Scout	Club-wide	31	England	-
Joel Byrom	Scout	Club-wide	38	England	-
Dan Ashby	Recruitment analyst	Club-wide	34	England	Mansfield Town before that AFC Bournemouth
Eddie Denton	Head performance analyst	Club-wide	31	England	Oxford United
Jared Guzenda	Performance analyst	First team	22	England	-
Alex Scott	Performance analyst	Under-18s	30	England	Chelsea
Sam Stemp	Performance analyst	Under-18s	26	England	Leyton Orient

Football management

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

Portsmouth football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
James Barlow	Head of youth development	34	England

Owners and directors

Who owns Portsmouth and sits on its board

Portsmouth owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Michael Eisner	Chair	83	United States	-
Andrew Cullen	Managing director	58	England	Milton Keynes Dons
Anders Eisner	Director	47	United States	-
Breck Eisner	Director	54	United States	-
Eric Eisner	Director	49	United States	-
Rich Hughes	Director	36	England	Forest Green Rovers

Backroom staff at every Championship club

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

Portsmouth's list is the joint 19th longest of the 24, against a median of 45 across the division. Southampton names the most, 61. Wrexham names the fewest, 29.

Portsmouth against the Championship, department by department

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

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

Backrooms the size of Portsmouth's, in every league

Portsmouth's 33 names make the joint 278th longest staff list of the 815 clubs we hold one for

Clubs ranked by the number of staff we hold for 2025/26, from 254th to 292nd, with Portsmouth among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
254	Wigan Athletic	League One	34
254	Willem II	Eredivisie	34
254	Wisła Kraków	Ekstraklasa	34
278	1. FSV Mainz 05	Bundesliga	33
278	Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club	Saudi Pro League	33
278	Arsenal Women	Women's Super League	33
278	FC Baník Ostrava	Czech First League	33
278	HNK Rijeka	Croatian First League	33
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

Where Portsmouth's staff come from

3 nationalities across the 33 staff whose nationality we hold

England 27

United States 4

Ireland 2

England supplies 27 of the 33, 82%. The median age is 34. The oldest is Michael Eisner, chair, at 83, and the youngest Jared Guzenda, performance analyst, at 22. 16 members of staff came from another club, most often AFC Bournemouth (3).

Where Portsmouth's former staff work now

On Portsmouth's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 21 people

People who worked at Portsmouth in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Danny Cowley	Manager	Colchester United
Leam Richardson	Manager	Reading
Paul Cook	Manager	Chesterfield
Ian Foster	Assistant manager	Al-Ettifaq Football Club
Nicky Cowley	Assistant manager	Colchester United
Mikey Harris	Coach	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Scott Bevan	Goalkeeping coach	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves
Ben Spong	Fitness coach	Brentford
Andy Procter	Head physio	Blackburn Rovers
Bobby Bacic	Head physio	AFC Wimbledon
Nick Meace	Head physio	Oxford United
Sean Duggan	Physio	Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton
Paul McGrath	Head of sports science	Leyton Orient
Matt Johnson	Chief scout	Manchester United Women
Joe Gallen	Scout	Crystal Palace
Phil Boardman	Scout	Everton
Charlie Bloomfield	Recruitment analyst	Bristol City
Danny Conway	Recruitment analyst	Bristol City
Chris Douglas	Head performance analyst	Plymouth Argyle
Josh Kirk	Head performance analyst	Brentford
Greg Miller	Head of youth development	Charlton Athletic

Frequently asked questions

Who is Portsmouth's manager?

John Mousinho is the Portsmouth first-team manager, aged 39. Jon Harley is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Portsmouth?

Joe Prodomo coaches the Portsmouth first-team goalkeepers.

Who is Portsmouth's head physio?

Steve Hard is head physio at Portsmouth.

Who is Portsmouth's chief scout?

Bradley Wall is chief scout at Portsmouth.

How many backroom staff do Portsmouth have?

We hold the names of 33 people on Portsmouth's staff for 2025/26: 11 in coaching, 5 in medical and sports science, 10 in scouting and analysis, 1 in football management and 6 owners and directors. That is the joint 19th longest list of the 24 Championship clubs we hold, against a median of 45. Across every league we hold, that list is the joint 278th longest of 815.

Where to next

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