Paul Warne

Paul Warne
Warne in 2010
Personal information
Full name Paul Warne[1]
Date of birth (1973-05-08) 8 May 1973 (age 51)[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)
1998Kettering Town (loan) 10 (6)
1999–2005 Rotherham United 232 (28)
2004–2005Mansfield 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 Championship club Derby County.[2]

Warne started his playing career in his native Norfolk for Great Yarmouth Town, Diss Town and Wroxham. In the summer of 1997, Warne made the transition into full-time Football League football by joining Wigan Athletic, after a spell on loan at Kettering Town in November 1998, Warne would then join Rotherham United in January 1999, where he would spend five-and-a-half-years and help the club gain promotions from the Third Division to the First Division in three seasons. In 2004, Warne had a short loan spell at Mansfield Town. In June 2005, Warne left Rotherham after 257 appearances to join Oldham Athletic, where in two-years Warne would make 100 appearances, in August 2007 Warne joined Yeovil Town, until he left in 2009 to rejoin Rotherham United in 2009, he would retire for football in the summer of 2012.

After retirement from playing, Warne would join the coaching staff at Rotherham United, where he acted as fitness coach, in November 2016 after Kenny Jackett resigned, Warne was named interim manager of Rotherham United until the end of the 2016–17, despite relegation and difficult results during this interim spell, Warne was named full time manager in summer of 2017 and would regain promotion again by winning the 2018 EFL League One play-off final, Rotherham became a yo-yo club under Warne, with club being relegated from the Championship and in 2019 and 2021 and gaining promotion from League One in 2018, 2020 and 2022. Rotherham also won the 2022 EFL Trophy final in this third promotion season. In September 2022, Warne left Rotherham to takeover at League One Derby County as head coach, after falling short of the play-offs in 2023, Warne won promotion in 2023–24 as runners-up, to earn his fourth promotion from League One in his managerial career.

  1. ^ a b c "Paul Warne". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Paul Warne Appointed as Derby County Head Coach". dcfc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 September 2022.