Paul Heckingbottom (born 17 July 1977) is an English football coach and former player who is the manager of EFL Championship club Preston North End. After retiring as a player, Heckingbottom trained as a coach. He obtained a position with Barnsley's development squad and, after a successful spell as caretaker manager in which the club won promotion and the EFL Trophy, he was appointed manager in 2016. In February 2018 he moved to Leeds United, but he was sacked during the 2018 close season after 16 games in charge. Heckingbottom then managed Scottish Premiership club Hibernian, but was sacked in November 2019. In March 2021, he was appointed interim manager of Sheffield United until the end of the season. After returning to the U23s, he was appointed manager 25 November 2021, once again, on a four-a-and-half-year deal following the sacking of Slaviša Jokanović. After getting Sheffield United promoted from the Championship as runners-up in the 2022–23 season, he was sacked in December 2023 with the club bottom of the Premier League. In August 2024, he was appointed as manager of EFL Championship club Preston North End. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article TacticsPlayersComments (0)Country coaches Barnsley15 League One 14/153 Barnsley16/18 League One 15/1621 J.Paint Trophy 15/161 Championship 16/1746 League Cup 16/171 FA Cup 16/172 Championship 17/1830 League Cup 17/183 FA Cup 17/181 Leeds United18 Championship 17/1816 Hibernian FC19 SPFL 18/1913 SPFL 19/2011 Sheffield United21 EPL 20/2110 FA Cup 20/211 Sheffield United21/23 FA Cup 21/221 Championship 21/2229 League Cup 22/231 Championship 22/2346 FA Cup 22/236 League Cup 23/241 EPL 23/2414 Preston North End24/now League Cup 24/253 Championship 24/2544 FA Cup 24/254Heckingbottom last games Preston North End 03-May-25 away Bristol C 2-2 in Championship Bartlett Harrison Bates Donnelly Richards Woods Feather. Kavanagh Laurent Alessan. Amond (Oates) (Walker) (Paynter) 26-Apr-25 home Plymouth 1-2 in Championship 21-Apr-25 away Hull City 2-1 in Championship games black=tourn incomplete --- Today Top Games --- CF Montréal - Inter Miami CF D.C. United - Atlanta United FC Estudiantes de La Plata - Velez Sarsfield FC Cincinnati - Chicago Fire GAIS - Malmö FF Paris Saint-Germain FC - Bayern München Portland Timbers - New England Revolution Real Madrid - Borussia Dortmund Real Salt Lake - St. Louis City SC San Jose Earthquakes - New York Red Bulls Unión Española - Universidad de Chile --- Tomorrow Top Games --- IFK Göteborg - IK Sirius Seattle Sounders - Columbus Crew Universidad Católica - Colo Colo USA - Mexico --- Recent games --- Peru - Liga 1Peru - Liga 3------ - Club World Cup------ - CONCACAF Gold Cup------ - Womens Euro select match 02-Jul --- Juan P II 1:1 Melgar select match 03-Jul --- Rauker 0:3 H/ncayo B select match 01-Jul --- R. Madrid 1:0 Juventus01-Jul --- Dortmund 2:1 Monterrey04-Jul --- Fluminense 2:1 Al-Hilal04-Jul --- Palmeiras 1:2 Chelsea select match 02-Jul --- USA 2:1 Guatemala02-Jul --- Mexico 1:0 Honduras select match 02-Jul --- Iceland 0:1 Finland02-Jul --- Switz 1:2 Norway03-Jul --- Belgium 0:1 Italy03-Jul --- Spain 5:0 Portugal Stories Club World Cup Qualification A-League 2025 ending Transfer talk Liverpool 2025 Season Liverpool Influence in the Champions League Sports-Themed Online Games Taiwo Awoniyi at Nottingham Forest