Rotherham United Appoint Steve McClaren As Head Of Football
Rotherham United has welcomed Steve McClaren to the club as he joins in a newly created role as Head of Football.
Chairman Tony Stewart and the club’s Directors agreed that the former England manager’s vast experience across numerous levels and disciplines within the game would bring enormous value and prestige to the club’s football operation.
McClaren’s role will see him provide strategic leadership and oversight across football operations with the objective of rebuilding the club following relegation from Sky Bet League One.
His appointment will enable the club to establish a sustainable structure that enhances the club’s efficiency in departments both on and off the pitch and will see him become highly-influential in his advising of the Chairman and Board on all football-related decisions, including the appointment of a new first team manager/head coach.
The former Manchester United assistant will lead and manage the process for the recruitment and appointment of the candidate selected to fill that position and will define performance expectations and the football philosophy for that individual and their associated staff.
Millers Chairman Tony Stewart, said of McClaren’s appointment: “We are thrilled to have Steve join us here at Rotherham United and we are already looking forward to the value that his unrivalled experience in football circles will add here at AESSEAL New York Stadium.
“Steve will provide the Board with a new voice and a pair of eyes and ears that have seen how clubs ensure that they reach optimal performance at both the top club level and on the international stage.
“We acknowledged that as part of our ongoing efforts to drive standards and keep the football club progressing forwards off-the-pitch that adding someone with such impressive football knowledge would be highly-beneficial at Board level and to attract someone of Steve’s calibre hopefully shows to our fans that we are determined to make positive changes following difficult years recently.
“Conversations with Steve have been ongoing for a period of time now which was by-design to ensure that both parties had a clear mutual understanding of what the role looks like and where we believe we can progress the football club to.
“His CV speaks for itself, but beyond that, we have been hugely impressed by his enthusiasm and desire to enact positive changes here at Rotherham United and we are delighted to have Steve on board as we look to the future.
“Looking at the bigger picture of the football club, Steve’s official appointment to the role of Head of Football will, without doubt, serve as the first step in what will now be a series of decisions across the footballing operation in an important summer for the club.”
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