Paul Heckingbottom - Football Coach

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

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Barnsley	15
League One 14/15	3

Barnsley	16/18
League One 15/16	21
J.Paint Trophy 15/16	1
Championship 16/17	46
League Cup 16/17	1
FA Cup 16/17	2
Championship 17/18	30
League Cup 17/18	3
FA Cup 17/18	1

Leeds United	18
Championship 17/18	16

Hibernian FC	19
SPFL 18/19	13
SPFL 19/20	11

Sheffield United	21
EPL 20/21	10
FA Cup 20/21	1

Sheffield United	21/23
FA Cup 21/22	1
Championship 21/22	29
League Cup 22/23	1
Championship 22/23	46
FA Cup 22/23	6
League Cup 23/24	1
EPL 23/24	14

Preston North End	24/now
League Cup 24/25	3
Championship 24/25	36
FA Cup 24/25	4