Terry McDermott

Terry McDermott
Personal information
Full name Terence McDermott
Date of birth (1951-12-08) 8 December 1951 (age 72)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Bury
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1969–1973 Bury 90 (8)
1973–1974 Newcastle United 56 (6)
1974–1982 Liverpool 232 (54)
1982–1984 Newcastle United 74 (12)
1985 Cork City 7 (1)
1985–1987 APOEL 50 (1)
Total 509 (82)
International career
1974 England U-23 1 (0)
1978 England B 1 (1)
1977–1982 England 25 (3)
Managerial career
1992–1998 Newcastle United (assistant)
1999–2000 Celtic (assistant)
2005–2008 Newcastle United (assistant)
2008–2012 Huddersfield Town (assistant)
2012–2014 Birmingham City (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terence McDermott (born 8 December 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Nicknamed "Terry Mac",[1] he is best known as a member of the Liverpool team of the 1970s and early 1980s, where he won three European Cups and five First Division titles. Either side of his time at Anfield, he played for Newcastle United, with his second stint seeing him reunite with former Liverpool teammate Kevin Keegan. Internationally, he was capped 25 times for England, and was part of the of UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1982 FIFA World Cup squads.

McDermott has had an extensive coaching career, returning to Newcastle to be Keegan's assistant manager, and would be kept on following Kenny Dalglish's appointment as manager. He joined Celtic in 1999 to be John Barnes' assistant. McDermott returned to Newcastle again to be one of Graeme Souness' assistants and remained with the club until 2008, which included a short reunion with Keegan. He then became Lee Clark's assistant at Huddersfield Town and Birmingham City.

  1. ^ Hunter, Steve (25 May 2017). "Terry Mac's guide to the class of '77". Liverpool F.C. Retrieved 11 February 2024.