Coaching Staff
MANAGER - MICK McCARTHY
Appointed July 2006
Born in Barnsley, Mick made his debut for his hometown club as an 18-year-old defender before moving to Manchester City in 1983 for £200,000. He won his first of a grand total of 57 Ireland caps a year later. He moved north of the border in 1987 joining Celtic and helping them to the Scottish League and Cup double before, a year later, enjoying a brief spell with French club Lyons.
He returned to England, initially on loan with Millwall in 1990 and, the following year at the age of 32, he became Millwall's manager and led the Londoners to third spot in the First Division in 1994, narrowly missing out on promotion.
In 1996, he took over from Jack Charlton as the Republic of Ireland manager and he led the team to the 2002 World Cup Finals. McCarthy resigned the post in November 2002 having taken the Republic from 54th to 13th in FIFA's world rankings in just over five years.
Four months later he was appointed manager of a struggling Sunderland side that was relegated from the top flight at the end of the campaign. He took the Black Cats back up into the Premier League, as Champions, in 2005 but there followed an immediate return to the Championship and Mick left the Stadium of Light in March, 2006, when relegation looked a certainty.
He took over the managerial reins at Molineux the following July.
In his first season at Wolves, Mick took the club to the play-off semi-finals, losing 4-2 on aggregate to West Bromwich Albion.
ASSISTANT MANAGER - IAN EVANS
Appointed July 2006
Ian started as a schoolboy at QPR and played in the same team as Terry Venables, Rodney Marsh and Gerry Francis. Terry and Ian then moved to Crystal Palace and Ian was to play the bulk of his career at Selhurst Park.
A few years down the line he moved on to Barnsley, which is where he first linked up with Mick McCarthy. He finished his playing career on loan at Cambridge in 1983/84 later moving back into football with Palace as Steve Coppell's assistant.
He took on sole charge of Swansea in 1989/90 before returning south to join the staff at Millwall, where Mick McCarthy was a player.
Following Bruce Rioch's departure Mick was offered the caretaker manager's role with Ian as his assistant. The relationship has then remained intact ever since with Mick moving on to become manager of Republic of Ireland, Sunderland and now Wolves with Ian as his number two.
Midway through the 2007/08 Ian stepped down from coaching duties and took a more active role in scouting.
COACH - TERRY CONNOR
Appointed July 1999
Appointed as reserve team coach in the summer of 1999, Terry Connor was given the task of guiding the club's youngsters across the bridge that spans youth and senior football.
Leeds born, Terry saw action with Leeds United, Brighton, Portsmouth, Swansea City and Bristol City.
When his playing days were over, he became Football in the Community coach at Swindon Town. He moved to the same post at Bristol Rovers which is where he first linked up with John Ward who promoted him to coach.
When Ward moved from Rovers to Bristol City, Terry followed and the pair were back together at Molineux, until John's departure in 2003.
He continued to work under Mick McCarthy and took on first team coaching duties when Ian Evans stepped down from them in the 2007/08 season.
Bobby joined the Molineux backroom team over the summer of 2001. The position was previously a part-time post held by Peter Bonetti but Dave Jones decided upon bringing in Bobby as a full-time member of staff. A popular member of the coaching staff, Bobby joined Wolves having been player/goalkeeping coach at Mansfield Town. The former England under 21 player enjoyed a long and varied career, with Everton, Sunderland, Blackburn, Manchester City, Tottenham, Rotherham and Preston numbering amongst the clubs he has served.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE FOOTBALL BACKROOM TEAM
STEVE KEMP (app Feb '08) & ALAN PEACHAM (app Sept '06) - Physiotherapists
TONY DALEY (app Sept '07) - Fitness Coach
DAVE BOWMAN (app July 2006) - Chief Scout
FAY VALE - Administration
