BACKROOM STAFF · 2025/26

Preston North End backroom staff

We hold the names of 33 people on Preston North End's staff for 2025/26, beyond the players. Paul Heckingbottom manages the first team, with Stuart McCall as assistant manager. Preston North End's is the joint 19th longest staff list of the 24 Championship clubs we hold.

STAFF NAMED33

COACHING11

MEDICAL7

SCOUTING AND ANALYSIS9

NATIONALITIES4

MEDIAN AGE39

Coaching staff

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

Preston North End coaching staff in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Paul Heckingbottom	Manager	First team	47	England	Sheffield United Sheff Utd before that Hibernian, Leeds United and Barnsley
Antony Kay	Manager	Under-18s	42	England	-
Ryan Taylor	Manager	Under-18s	40	England	-
Stuart McCall	Assistant manager	First team	61	Scotland	Sheffield United Sheff Utd before that Bradford City and Scunthorpe United
Jason Euell	Coach	First team	48	Jamaica	Bristol City before that Charlton Athletic
Peter Murphy	Coach	First team	35	England	Wigan Athletic
Ollie Ras	Coach	Under-18s	30	England	Morecambe
Mike Pollitt	Goalkeeping coach	First team	53	England	Bolton Wanderers before that Rotherham United
David Rodgerson	Goalkeeping coach	Under-18s	38	England	-
Andy Liddell	Fitness coach	First team	52	Scotland	Ipswich Town Ipswich
Michael Kearns	Fitness coach	First team	31	England	-

Medical and sports science

Doctors, physios and sports scientists, 7 people

Preston North End medical and sports science in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Dominic Lakeland	Chief doctor	Club-wide	48	England	-
Matt Jackson	Head physio	Club-wide	42	England	-
Ethan Seel	Physio	First team	24	England	-
Lucy Weir	Physio	Under-21s	29	-	Salford City
Paul Morgan	Physio	Under-18s	46	Northern Ireland	Accrington Stanley
Luke Hemmings	Sports scientist	First team	32	England	-
Max Halsworth	Sports scientist	Under-18s	24	England	-

Scouting and analysis

Scouts, recruitment analysts and performance analysts, 9 people

Preston North End scouting and analysis in 2025/26: name, role, team, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	TEAM	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
James Wallace	Chief scout	Club-wide	33	England	Fleetwood Town
Alan Smith	Scout	Club-wide	72	England	-
Gareth Smith	Scout	Club-wide	39	England	-
Tom Reeves	Scout	Club-wide	36	England	Middlesbrough before that Norwich City
Ben Smith	Recruitment analyst	Club-wide	29	England	Blackburn Rovers before that Macclesfield
Daniel Atkinson	Head performance analyst	Club-wide	33	England	-
Joe Walmsley	Performance analyst	First team	26	England	Wigan Athletic before that Bengal
Ryan Hogarth	Performance analyst	First team	20	England	-
Max Fearnley	Performance analyst	Under-18s	22	England	-

Football management

The people who run the football side, from the sporting director to the academy, 3 people

Preston North End football management in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality and previous clubs.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY	PREVIOUSLY AT
Michael Stringfellow	Technical director	43	England	-
Nick Harrison	Head of youth development	49	England	-
James Beet	Loan manager	29	England	Barnsley

Owners and directors

Who owns Preston North End and sits on its board

Preston North End owners and directors in 2025/26: name, role, age, nationality.
NAME	ROLE	AGE	NATIONALITY
Craig Hemmings	Owner	63	England
Ian Penrose	Chair	60	England
Peter Ridsdale	Director	73	England

Backroom staff at every Championship club

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

Preston North End'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.

Preston North End against the Championship, department by department

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

Preston North End staff by department against the Championship average and the largest department in the division, 2025/26.
DEPARTMENT	PRESTON NORTH END	AVERAGE	MOST	AT
Coaching	11	14	20	West Ham United West Ham
Medical and sports science	7	10	15	Blackburn Rovers
Scouting and analysis	9	12	28	Southampton
Football management	3	2	3	Southampton
Owners and directors	3	6	11	Blackburn Rovers

Backrooms the size of Preston North End's, in every league

Preston North End'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 Preston North End among them.
#	CLUB	LEAGUE	STAFF
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
292	F Marinos	J1 League	32

Where Preston North End's staff come from

4 nationalities across the 32 staff whose nationality we hold

England 28

Scotland 2

Jamaica 1

Northern Ireland 1

England supplies 28 of the 32, 88%. The median age is 39. The oldest is Peter Ridsdale, director, at 73, and the youngest Ryan Hogarth, performance analyst, at 20. 14 members of staff came from another club, most often Sheffield United (2).

Where Preston North End's former staff work now

On Preston North End's staff in an earlier season and at another club in 2025/26, 13 people

People who worked at Preston North End in an earlier season and the club and job they hold in 2025/26.
NAME	ROLE NOW	NOW AT
Alex Neil	Manager	Millwall
Frankie McAvoy	Assistant manager	Carlisle United
Paul Gallagher	Coach	Leyton Orient
Steve Thompson	Coach	Blackpool
Matt Craddock	Coach	Sunderland
Jack Cudworth	Goalkeeping coach	Carlisle United
Jonathan Gould	Goalkeeping coach	Auckland Football Club
John Lucas	Head of sports science	Perth Glory Football Club
Thomas Little	Head of sports science	Sheffield United Sheff Utd
Jake Atherton	Sports scientist	Fleetwood Town
Declan Evans	Scout	Bradford City
Finn O'Leary	Scout	Blackburn Rovers
Aaron Dagger	Performance analyst	Leeds United Leeds

Frequently asked questions

Who is Preston North End's manager?

Paul Heckingbottom is the Preston North End first-team manager, aged 47. Stuart McCall is the assistant manager.

Who is the goalkeeping coach at Preston North End?

Mike Pollitt coaches the Preston North End first-team goalkeepers.

Who is Preston North End's head physio?

Matt Jackson is head physio at Preston North End.

Who is Preston North End's chief scout?

James Wallace is chief scout at Preston North End.

Who is Preston North End's technical director?

Michael Stringfellow is technical director at Preston North End.

How many backroom staff do Preston North End have?

We hold the names of 33 people on Preston North End's staff for 2025/26: 11 in coaching, 7 in medical and sports science, 9 in scouting and analysis, 3 in football management and 3 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 Preston North End pays its squad, see Preston North End player wages. The first-team manager has a page of their own: Paul Heckingbottom. What each of these jobs pays across football is on backroom staff wages. Every club in the division is on Championship wages.