Michael McDermott (born 1974 in

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) is a

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former professional football player, and is currently the assistant manager to

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at the

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national team. Dermott has held various coaching roles in professional football clubs as well as at the international level.

Early life

McDermott attended

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and played for

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and

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at youth levels. He won a soccer scholarship at the

University of Rhode Island The University of Rhode Island (URI) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Kingston, Rhode Island, United States. It is the flagship public research as well as the land-grant university of the state of Rhode Isla ...

. He made three caps for Northern Ireland national under-18.

Playing career

He has played in

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Coaching career

He has held coaching positions at some of Asia's biggest Clubs; Al Ain FC (Abu Dhabi), Esteghlal FC (Tehran), Al Nasr FC (Dubai). Previously he was the Fitness Coach of

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during their successful World Cup 2014 qualification campaign. Prior to his second spell with the Iran National team, on 2 July 2017, he was appointed as the Assistant Manager of Iranian football club Esteghlal. After a brief spell as 'interim' Manager, on 30 October 2017 he terminated his contract with Esteghlal on mutual agreement. After leaving Esteghlal FC he returned to the Iran National team /

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to work alongside

as an Assistant Coach for the 2018 Russia World Cup and also for the Asian Cup 2019 in UAE where they were knocked out in the semi-final by Japan. When Queiroz became the head coach of Colombia in February 2019 it was announced that Mick would join him but an agreement was not reached with the Colombian FA. On 31 March 2019, Mick took the job of

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manager with imminent investment due to come into the club. Interim Manager Gary Smyth, who could no longer fulfil the role due to a lack of necessary UEFA coaching qualifications, returned to his former role as Assistant. In his first full season as Glentoran manager, McDermott managed the club to victory in the Irish Cup final, defeating

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2-1 and thus securing a place in the 2020-21 Europa League Preliminary round. Mick McDermott strengthened his squad ahead of the 2020-21 season, signing

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international Luke McCullough and

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goalkeeper Dayle Coleing, as well as

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midfielder

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. McDermott's side defeated Faroese side

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1-0 in the preliminary round, before being knocked out in a 5-1 defeat away to

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team

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. He was replaced by

Rodney McAree Rodney Joseph McAree (born 19 August 1974) is a Northern Irish former footballer and current manager of NIFL Premiership side Dungannon Swifts. His father Joe was awarded an MBE, in the 2014 New Year Honours List, for services to sport and to ...

as manager on 17 January 2023.

Managerial statistics

Personal life

McDermott married to Karla in 1996, who was also a fellow student at University of Rhode Island and a U.S. citizen. As of 2019, the couple have two sons Malakai (9) and Michael Jr. (12); and two daughters Kiera (17) and Kali (19).

Honours

Managerial

;Glentoran *

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: 2019–20

Individual

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Student-Athlete of the Year:

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References

External links

Profile at soccerstats.us
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