Brian McDermott - Football Coach

Brian James McDermott (born 8 April 1961) is a former professional football player and coach, who is currently the director of football at Hibernian. Born in Slough to Irish parents, McDermott joined Arsenal as an apprentice in 1977 and went on to play for Fulham, IFK Norrköping, Oxford United, Huddersfield Town, Cardiff City, Exeter City and Yeovil Town in a 14-year playing career during the 1980s and 1990s. At IFK Norrköping he was named Sweden's Player of the Year in 1984. He finished his playing career at Slough Town in 1995. The following season, he became manager of Slough Town where he had a very successful few years in the Conference. Following the sacking of Brendan Rodgers, McDermott was appointed manager of Reading. In his first season as manager of Reading he led them into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in 83 years, a run that included knocking out Liverpool at Anfield. The following season, he repeated the feat, this time with an away win over Liverpool's city rivals Everton. McDermott led Reading to a Championship playoff final, where they lost to Swansea City; the following season Reading were promoted to the Premier League after winning the Championship. On 11 March 2013, McDermott was sacked with the club in 19th place. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Reading	09/13
Championship 09/10	25
FA Cup 09/10	6
Championship 10/11	49
League Cup 10/11	2
FA Cup 10/11	4
League Cup 11/12	1
Championship 11/12	46
FA Cup 11/12	1
League Cup 12/13	3
EPL 12/13	29
FA Cup 12/13	3

Leeds United	13/14
Championship 12/13	5
Championship 13/14	46
League Cup 13/14	3
FA Cup 13/14	1

Reading	15/16
Championship 15/16	25
FA Cup 15/16	5