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Scott Sellars

Scott Sellars

English former footballer and coach

Scott Sellars (born 27 November 1965) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who was most recently technical director at Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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As a player, he was a winger who made more than 500 appearances, notably playing in the Premier League with Leeds United, Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers. He also played football with Blackburn Rovers, in Denmark with AGF Aarhus and in the Football League with Huddersfield Town and Mansfield Town. He was capped three times at England at under-21 level.

Since retirement he has previously been assistant manager at Chesterfield and academy coach at Manchester City. He has also worked as the head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers U23's, as well as assistant head coach under caretaker manager Rob Edwards for Wolves' first team. He is the ex Technical Director at Wolverhampton Wanderers.[3]

Playing career

After starting his career at Leeds United, Sellars established himself in the Second Division with Blackburn Rovers where he spent six years. After three play-off heartbreaks, Sellars finally found success in the 1991-92 Play-off Final which earned Rovers promotion to the newly formed Premier League. However, that would prove to be his last match for Rovers as he joined his old club Leeds who had just won the First Division.

On 24 April 1993 he scored the winning goal for the Magpies in their 1–0 win over local rivals Sunderland in Division One at St James's Park, which meant that they only needed a point from their final three games to be sure of promotion.[4]

Coaching career

Sellars joined Manchester City as Academy coach in October 2009 [5] after previously holding the role of assistant manager at Chesterfield in the League Two and U18s coach at Sheffield United in 2004-05. He was sacked on 11 April 2014 after a "difference of footballing opinion with the current regime"[6] and fears over the club's homegrown quota.

In July 2014 he was appointed to the coaching staff at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.[7]

In March 2019 Sellars applied for, and was appointed to, the post of Head of Academy at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, succeeding Gareth Prosser in the role.[8]

Personal life

His son is Conor Sellars.[9]

In January 2013, Sellars pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving. Sellars had been driving home from work after returning from Dubai, where he had been coaching Manchester City's youth team, when he crashed his car and killed a motorcyclist. Sellars received a six-month suspended sentence and was ordered to do 300 hours of community service.[10]

Honours

Blackburn Rovers

Bolton Wanderers

Individual

References

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    "Scott Sellars". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. [2]
    Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. [3]
    "Jeff Shi on managerial structure". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Football". mirror.
  5. [5]
    http://www.mcfc.co.uk/news/academy-news/2009/october/scott-sellars-joins-academy-coaching-team
  6. [6]
    Marshall-Bailey, Tom (13 May 2014). "Huddersfield Town v Newcastle United: 15 players who represented both clubs". YorkshireLive.
  7. [7]
    "Wolves appoint Scott Sellars and Rob Edwards". Express and Star. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. [8]
    "Scott Sellars appointed as Head of Academy". www.wolves.co.uk.
  9. [9]
    "TAFC strengthen squad by signing former Middlesbrough midfielder". www.tadalbion.com.
  10. [10]
    "Scott Sellars: Ex-footballer sentenced for death crash". BBC News. 10 January 2013.
  11. [11]
    Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 148.
  12. [12]
    Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 149.
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