Brian McDermott (rugby league)

Brian McDermott
Personal information
Full nameBrian Gerrad McDermott[1]
Born (1970-03-16) 16 March 1970 (age 54)
Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1994–02 Bradford Bulls 250 42 0 0 168
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1996–98 Great Britain 4 0 0 0 0
2001 England 1 0 0 0 0
2001 Yorkshire 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2006–10 Harlequins RL 115 42 3 70 37
2011–18 Leeds Rhinos 265 162 6 97 61
2019–20 Toronto Wolfpack 36 29 0 7 81
2021–22 Featherstone Rovers 33 26 1 6 79
Total 449 259 10 180 58
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2015–18 United States 3 2 0 1 67
Source: [2][3][4][5]
As of 26 September 2022

Brian G. McDermott (born 16 March 1970) is an English professional rugby league coach, currently assistant coach at Newcastle Knights in the NRL. A former professional rugby league player, he won three Super League Grand Finals as a Bradford Bulls player and has won four Grand Finals as head coach of Leeds Rhinos.[2][5]

He was previously the head coach of Leeds in the Super League and of the USA national team.[6] Nicknamed 'Big Mac', McDermott was a Great Britain international forward who played his entire career at club level for Bradford, winning Super League Grand Finals and Challenge Cups with them.

He began his coaching career in 2003 as an assistant at Huddersfield, taking his first senior coaching role with Harlequins RL in 2006, before joining Leeds as head coach in 2010. McDermott coached Leeds to several major trophies including the 2011, 2012, 2015 and 2017 Super League titles, the 2012 World Club Challenge, and the 2014 and 2015 Challenge Cups.

  1. ^ "Brian Gerrard MCDERMOTT personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
  2. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Great Britain Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Coach Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  6. ^ "McDermott takes on USA coach role". BBC Sport.