Mike Dodds

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Mike Dodds
Personal information
Full name Mike Smith Thomson Dodds
Date of birth (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth England
Managerial career
Years Team
2022 Sunderland (caretaker)
2023 Sunderland (caretaker)
2024 Sunderland (caretaker)

Mike Dodds (born 3 June 1986) is an English football coach, who is currently interim head coach of Sunderland.

Coaching career[edit]

At the age of 18, Dodds joined Coventry City as a youth coach, after acquiring his UEFA B License whilst still at college.[1] In 2009, Dodds joined Birmingham City's academy in a coaching capacity. In 2020, Dodds made the step up to academy manager at Birmingham.[2] During Dodds' time at Birmingham, he was credited with having a positive impact on the development of Birmingham academy graduates Nathan Redmond, Demarai Gray and Jude Bellingham.[1]

In August 2021, Dodds left Birmingham to join Sunderland as head of individual player development.[2] On 2 February 2022, Dodds was appointed interim manager of Sunderland, following the sacking of Lee Johnson and again following the sacking of Tony Mowbray.[3] On 19 February 2024, he was once again appointed interim manager until the end of the season following the sacking of Michael Beale.[4]

Managerial statistics[edit]

As of match played 4 May 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Sunderland (interim) 2 February 2022 11 February 2022 2 0 0 2 000.00
Sunderland (interim) 4 December 2023 18 December 2023 3 2 0 1 066.67
Sunderland (interim) 19 February 2024 4 May 2024 13 2 3 8 015.38
Total 18 4 3 11 022.22

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Sunderland fans want to know – can Mike Dodds do it against Donny?". Roker Report. 4 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Birmingham City appoint former Nottingham Forest and Southampton coach as academy director". Birmingham Mail. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Next Sunderland manager RECAP - Mike Dodds and Michael Proctor to take interim charge against Doncaster with Grant McCann 'set for talks'". Sunderland Echo. 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Mike Dodds appointed interim head coach". safc.com. 19 February 2024. Retrieved 19 February 2024.