Paul Warne

Paul Warne
Warne in 2010
Personal information
Full name Paul Warne[1]
Date of birth (1973-05-08) 8 May 1973 (age 50)[1]
Place of birth Norwich, England
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Team information
Current team
 Derby County (Head Coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Great Yarmouth Town
Diss Town
1996–1997 Wroxham
1997–1999 Wigan Athletic 36 (3)
1998 → Kettering Town (loan) 10 (6)
1999–2005 Rotherham United 232 (28)
2004–2005 → Mansfield Town (loan) 7 (1)
2005–2007 Oldham Athletic 86 (18)
2007–2009 Yeovil Town 77 (5)
2009–2012 Rotherham United 29 (3)
Total 477 (64)
Managerial career
2016–2022 Rotherham United
2022– Derby County
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Warne (born 8 May 1973) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of EFL League One club Derby County.[2]

Playing career

Warne was born in Norwich, Norfolk and is a supporter of Norwich City.[1][3] He started playing non-League football for Great Yarmouth Town,[4] before moving onto Diss Town, with whom he won the FA Vase in 1994.[5] After playing for Wroxham, he started his professional career at the age of 23 when he signed for Wigan Athletic, before moving to Rotherham where he played over 250 games in all competitions, then he moved to Oldham where he became a firm fans favourite in his time there, helping the club to the League One playoffs in the 2006/2007 season, eventually moving on free transfer to Yeovil,[6] where he struggled to get amongst the goals regularly.

During the summer of 2009, after failing to agree a new deal with Yeovil,[7] he joined his former club Rotherham United on trial and impressed pre-season.[8] He subsequently signed a one-year contract with the Millers,[9] scoring on his debut on the opening day against Accrington Stanley. On 11 August 2009, he scored the equalising goal as Rotherham surprisingly beat Championship side Derby County 2–1 in the first round of the League Cup. It was made all the more of an upset by the fact that Derby had reached the semifinals of the competition the previous season. He signed a one-year contract extension in June 2010.[10]

Coaching career

He joined the coaching staff at Rotherham in May 2012 upon his retirement from professional football.[11] During his time playing for Diss Town, Warne coached children at Diss Town FC through his former coaching business, Pass Soccer.

Rotherham United

In November 2012, Warne was granted a testimonial by Rotherham United for giving the club many years of service including as player, coach and joint caretaker-manager.[12]

On 28 November 2016, after the resignation of Kenny Jackett, Warne was appointed caretaker manager of Rotherham United.[13] On 13 January 2017, Warne was appointed Rotherham United manager until the end of the 2016–17 season.[14] On 5 April 2017, with Rotherham's relegation from the Championship confirmed Warne was appointed permanent manager of the club on a one-year rolling contract.[15] During his time as full time manager Rotherham, he won three promotions to the Championship in 2018, 2020 and 2022 with two relegations to League One in 2019 and 2021, before leaving in September 2022. He also won the 2022 EFL Trophy final.

Derby County

After interim manager Liam Rosenior was relieved of his duties, EFL League One side Derby County Football Club, recently saved by local businessman David Clowes, approached Rotherham United to request permission to speak to Warne.[16][17] Paul Warne was officially announced by Derby County as their new head coach on a four-year-deal on 22 September 2022, after The Rams agreed a compensation package with Rotherham for Warne, alongside Assistant Head Coach Richie Barker, First Team Coach Matt Hamshaw, and First Team Goalkeeper Coach Andy Warrington.[2] Following a stellar January that saw Derby have a 100% record, rising to within touching distance of breaking into the automatic promotion picture, Warne was awarded the League One Manager of the Month award for the third time, his first time with Derby County.[18] Form collapsed after this, however, and Warne oversaw just six wins in the final 18 games as Derby finished the season in 7th place, the joint lowest league finish in the club history, and missed out on a playoff place by one place and point.[19] Warne called the season a "failure".[20]

Warne rebuilt the Derby squad in summer 2023 ahead of the 2023–24 season with 12 players signed,[21] with players such as Curtis Davies,[22] David McGoldrick[23] and Jason Knight departing.[24] Derby suffered a bad start to the season, losing their first three games at Pride Park Stadium 2–1 in the league to Wigan Athletic and to Oxford United by the same score, as well as 2–0 loss to Blackpool in the EFL Cup in between, Warne after this defeat said that he felt like player heads were being turned by transfer speculation.[25] Derby suffered a spate of injuries in first two months of the season[26] and after the first 11 games of the League One season, found themselves in 9th place and 10 points behind leaders Portsmouth, Warne said the club were behind their target and demanded improvement from squad on 11 October 2023.[27] The team subsequently lost 1-0 away to Shrewsbury Town leaving the pre-season promotion favourite's 11th in the table and with questions starting to arise regarding Warne's future,[28] though the club later came out in support of the manager.[29] On 14 November 2023, Derby were knocked out of the first round of the FA Cup after a first round replay at home to Crewe Alexandra, the first time the club have been eliminated at this stage since the 1984–85 season,[30] Warne found his team "unpredictable" as they impressed in a league win 3–0 at home to Barnsley three days earlier,[30] Warne called his players for an extra days training on the Thursday after the cup tie.[30] Warne ended 2023 with an nine game unbeaten league run, winning eight of these matches which moved Derby up to 4th place in the table and two points off the automatic promotion places.[31] This impressive end to the year saw him win the Manager of the Month award for December 2023.[32]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wigan Athletic 1997–98[33] Second Division 25 2 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 27 2
1998–99[34] Second Division 11 1 1 0 1 0 1[a] 1 14 2
Total 36 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 41 4
Rotherham United 1998–99[34] Third Division 21 8 — — — 21 8
1999–2000[35] Third Division 43 10 2 0 2 0 2[a] 0 49 10
2000–01[36] Second Division 44 7 3 0 2 0 1[a] 0 50 7
2001–02[37] First Division 25 0 2 1 0 0 — 27 1
2002–03[38] First Division 40 1 1 0 4 1 — 45 2
2003–04[39] First Division 35 1 2 0 3 0 — 40 1
2004–05[40] Championship 24 1 0 0 1 0 — 25 1
Total 232 28 10 1 12 1 3 0 257 30
Mansfield Town (loan) 2004–05[40] League Two 7 1 — — — 7 1
Oldham Athletic 2005–06[41] League One 40 9 4 1 1 0 1[a] 0 46 10
2006–07[42] League One 46 9 4 2 1 0 3[b] 0 54 11
Total 86 18 8 3 2 0 4 0 100 21
Yeovil Town 2007–08[43] League One 33 1 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 37 1
2008–09[44] League One 44 4 2 0 2 1 1[a] 0 49 5
Total 77 5 3 0 3 1 3 0 86 6
Rotherham United 2009–10[45] League Two 15 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 17 3
2010–11[46] League Two 11 1 0 0 1 0 3[a] 0 15 1
2011–12[47] League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 29 3 1 0 2 1 3 0 35 4
Career total 467 58 23 4 20 2 16 1 526 65
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
  2. ^ One appearance in Football League Trophy, two in League One play-offs

Managerial statistics

As of match played 10 February 2024[13][48]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Rotherham United 28 November 2016 22 September 2022 293 112 65 116 038.23
Derby County 22 September 2022 present 84 42 21 21 050.00
Total 377 154 86 137 040.85

Honours

As a player

Diss Town

As a manager

Rotherham United

Individual

References

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