Mark Dempsey
Personal information
Full name Mark James Dempsey
Date of birth (1964-01-14) 14 January 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Crumpsall, Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1982 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Manchester United 1 (0)
1985 → Swindon Town (loan) 5 (0)
1986–1988 Sheffield United 63 (8)
1988 → Chesterfield (loan) 3 (0)
1988–1991 Rotherham United 75 (7)
1991–1994 Macclesfield Town 54 (2)
Total 201 (17)
Managerial career
2010–2014 Molde (assistant)
2014 Cardiff City (assistant)
2015 Haugesund (assistant)
2016 Haugesund
2016 Djurgården
2017 Molde (assistant)
2017–2018 Start
2018 Kongsvinger
2018–2019 Manchester United
(first team coach)
2019–2022 Manchester United
(senior academy coach)
2022– Manchester United
(under-23 lead coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark James Dempsey (born 14 January 1964)[2] is an English football coach and former player.

Dempsey was born in Crumpsall, Manchester. He played as a midfielder in The Football League for Manchester United, Swindon Town, Sheffield United, Chesterfield and Rotherham United, and in Non-League football for Macclesfield Town.[3] He was a youth coach with Manchester United before moving to Norway.[4] He has six children, two of them adopted.[5]

Managerial career

In February 2009, he took up a post in youth development with Tromsø and the northern Norway region.[6] On 9 November 2010, Dempsey joined Molde as part of new manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær's backroom staff.[7] He followed Solskjær to Cardiff City in January 2014 as part of a new-look backroom staff after the sacking of Malky Mackay.[8]

Haugesund

In 2016, Dempsey was Haugesund's manager after taking over from Jostein Grindhaug after the 2015 season. Dempsey resigned as manager of Haugesund on 14 July 2016.[9]

Djurgården

In August 2016, Dempsey became manager of Swedish top-flight side Djurgården.[10]

Molde return

On 29 December 2016, Molde announced that Dempsey had returned to the club as an assistant manager, working alongside Erling Moe, on a 2+1⁄2-year contract.[11]

Start

On 1 December 2017, Dempsey was appointed manager of Start[12] On 18 May 2018, Dempsey got sacked by Start due to poor results.[13]

Kongsvinger

Dempsey was announced as the new manager of Norwegian 2nd tier club Kongsvinger on 11 June 2018.[14]

Manchester United

Dempsey rejoined Manchester United after the departure of José Mourinho in December 2018 as part of caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær's coaching staff, taking on the role of a technical coach. In 2019, whilst Manchester United were on their pre-season tour of Australia, Dempsey was struck ill and was admitted to hospital. He was subsequently off work for the next couple of months, before returning to his role in December 2019.

In 2022, he was part of the coaching team that successfully guided Norway's U21s to qualify for the European U21 finals in Romania and Georgia in the summer of 2023.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 11 November 2018
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Haugesund 1 January 2016 14 July 2016 19 10 5 4 052.6
Djurgården 3 August 2016 6 November 2016 14 9 1 4 064.3
Start 1 December 2017 18 May 2018 10 1 1 8 010.0
Kongsvinger 12 July 2018 13 November 2018 15 6 4 5 040.0
Total 58 26 11 21 044.8

References

  1. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  2. ^ "Mark Dempsey". MUFCInfo. Mark Graham. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  3. ^ "Mark Dempsey". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  4. ^ Thompson, Gemma (15 April 2005). "Academy to be reorganised". ManUtd.com. Manchester United. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  5. ^ Overvik, Jostein (16 May 2016). "Hovedinnhold Mark Dempsey sang seg til lønnsforhøyelse fra Alex Ferguson" (in Norwegian). VG. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
  6. ^ Lian, Tom Rune (18 February 2009). "Tromsø signerte United-trener" [Tromsø sign United coach] (in Norwegian). Radio Tromsø. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  7. ^ "Ole Gunnar Solskjær til Molde FK!". moldefk.no. Molde Fotballklubb. 9 November 2010. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Ole Gunnar Solskjaer: Cardiff City hire former Man Utd striker as boss". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  9. ^ "Pressemelding". fkh.no (in Norwegian). FK Haugesund. 14 July 2016. Archived from the original on 19 July 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  10. ^ "Pressemelding". 3 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Dempsey tilbake i Molde FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 29 December 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Mark Dempsey (53) tar over Start". 30 November 2017.
  13. ^ "Mark Dempsey ferdig i Start". 18 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Mark Dempsey tar over Kongsvinger". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). 11 June 2018. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
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