Managerial appointment confirmed
leedsunited.com 12/4/13
Brian McDermott named as new Leeds manager...
GFH Capital, owners of Leeds United, are delighted to confirm the appointment of Brian McDermott as the club's new manager with immediate effect.
Brian has agreed a three-year contract and will be joined by Nigel Gibbs as his assistant. The pairing previously worked together at Reading, where Brian won promotion to the Premier League last season.
David Haigh, deputy chief executive of GFH Capital, said: "We are delighted to have appointed Brian as our manager. He is a man with a proven track record of success and shares our vision of the best way to return long terms and sustainable success to this great football club.
"Obviously the immediate aim is a return as soon as possible to the Premiership. Brian's success in taking Reading to the Premiership last year was a key factor in our decision to hire him."
The new management team met the players for the first time on Friday morning ahead of the weekend game against Sheffield Wednesday.
Brian is due to be formally unveiled at a Press Conference on Friday afternoon at Elland Road.
Brian brings with him the experience of having clinched promotion from the Championship last season when he guided Reading to the Premier League for the second time in the club's history.
Having reached the Championship Play-Off final in 2011, Reading won 15 of their last 19 games in 2011/12 to secure a Premier League return.
The 52-year-old had spent 12 years at Reading before parting company with the club earlier this season. He joined initially as chief scout before joining the coaching staff, and he stepped up as caretaker manager in December 2009, following Brendan Rogers' departure.
He was handed the job on a permanent basis the following January and, having been denied by Swansea in the Play-Off final at the end of his first full season in charge, he piloted the club back to the top-flight the following season when he was also named LMA Championship Manager Of The Year.
As a player, McDermott started his career at Arsenal where he spent five years before going on to have spells with Fulham, Norrkoping, Oxford, Huddersfield, Cardiff, Exeter, and Yeovil. After a short stint in China, he returned to the UK where he managed Woking and Slough before joining Reading in 2000.
GFH Capital, owners of Leeds United, are delighted to confirm the appointment of Brian McDermott as the club's new manager with immediate effect.
Brian has agreed a three-year contract and will be joined by Nigel Gibbs as his assistant. The pairing previously worked together at Reading, where Brian won promotion to the Premier League last season.
David Haigh, deputy chief executive of GFH Capital, said: "We are delighted to have appointed Brian as our manager. He is a man with a proven track record of success and shares our vision of the best way to return long terms and sustainable success to this great football club.
"Obviously the immediate aim is a return as soon as possible to the Premiership. Brian's success in taking Reading to the Premiership last year was a key factor in our decision to hire him."
The new management team met the players for the first time on Friday morning ahead of the weekend game against Sheffield Wednesday.
Brian is due to be formally unveiled at a Press Conference on Friday afternoon at Elland Road.
Brian brings with him the experience of having clinched promotion from the Championship last season when he guided Reading to the Premier League for the second time in the club's history.
Having reached the Championship Play-Off final in 2011, Reading won 15 of their last 19 games in 2011/12 to secure a Premier League return.
The 52-year-old had spent 12 years at Reading before parting company with the club earlier this season. He joined initially as chief scout before joining the coaching staff, and he stepped up as caretaker manager in December 2009, following Brendan Rogers' departure.
He was handed the job on a permanent basis the following January and, having been denied by Swansea in the Play-Off final at the end of his first full season in charge, he piloted the club back to the top-flight the following season when he was also named LMA Championship Manager Of The Year.
As a player, McDermott started his career at Arsenal where he spent five years before going on to have spells with Fulham, Norrkoping, Oxford, Huddersfield, Cardiff, Exeter, and Yeovil. After a short stint in China, he returned to the UK where he managed Woking and Slough before joining Reading in 2000.