John Doolan (born 10 November 1968) is an English

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player and coach. He is currently the First Team Coach at

Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley Football Club is a professional association football club based in Accrington, Lancashire, England. The club competes in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They have spent their complete history ...

. Born in

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, he played for

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between 1992 and 1996. Having worked at both Liverpool and Everton Academies He was appointed as Wigan's youth team coach in November 2011, following the departure of

Dave Watson David Watson (born 20 November 1961) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player, he was a defender from 1980 to 2001. He played his entire career for Norwich City and Everton. With the Toffees he played in ...

. In December 2013, Doolan joined the first team coaching staff following the arrival of

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the club made the playoffs and reached the semifinal of the F.A Cup losing to Arsenal on penalties. In July 2014, he moved to Scottish club Hibernian as first team coach. Lifting the Scottish Cup in a 3-2 win against Rangers. On 1 June 2016, he and Hibs manager

Alan Stubbs Alan Stubbs (born 6 October 1971) is an English football manager and former professional footballer As a player he was a centre-back who played top flight football for every club he played for. He played in the Premier League with Bolton Wand ...

moved to

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. Following a poor run of form, Stubbs was sacked by Rotherham on 19 October 2016 and Doolan also left the club. In July 2017, he returned to his former club Accrington as the first team coach. Doolan helped them win promotion from

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going up as Champions in his first season back.

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* 1968 births Living people Footballers from Liverpool English men's footballers Men's association football defenders Mossley A.F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players English Football League players Barrow A.F.C. players Ashton United F.C. players Accrington Stanley F.C. players Knowsley United F.C. players Everton F.C. non-playing staff Liverpool F.C. non-playing staff Wigan Athletic F.C. non-playing staff Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff Accrington Stanley F.C. non-playing staff {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub