Daral Pugh

Daral James Pugh (born 5 June 1961) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently head of coaching for the Sheffield Wednesday academy.[3]

Daral Pugh
Personal information
Full name Daral James Pugh[1]
Date of birth (1961-06-05) 5 June 1961[1]
Place of birth Crynant, Wales[1]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Club information
Current team
 Sheffield Wednesday
(Academy Head of Coaching)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1982 Doncaster Rovers 154 (15)
1982–1985 Huddersfield Town 85 (7)
1985–1988 Rotherham United 112 (5)
1988 → Cambridge United (loan) 6 (1)
1988–1990 Torquay United 32 (0)
Bridlington Town
National team
– Wales U21[1] 2
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

During his playing career, Pugh played for Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town, Rotherham United, Cambridge United, Torquay United and Bridlington Town.

Coaching career

After retiring, Pugh became under-18s coach at Leeds United, before becoming assistant academy manager after being replaced as under-18s manager by Neil Redfearn.[4] However, due to restructuring at the club's academy, he, along with then academy manager Neil Thompson, was released in late October 2010.[5]

On 1 July 2011, he was named head of youth at Bury.

In October 2013, Pugh was appointed head of academy coaching at Hull City.

On 5 August 2015, Pugh returned to Leeds United as the head of academy coaching, effectively replacing Redfearn. Also joining him from Hull City was coach John Anderson, who became Leeds' under-18s manager.[6]

On 24 February 2017, Pugh was appointed as interim lead professional development phase coach at Rotherham United until the end of the season.[7]

References
  • Ian Thomas, Owen Thomas, Alan Hodgson, John Ward (2007). 99 Years and Counting: Stats and Stories. Huddersfield Town A.F.C. ISBN 978-0955728105.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  1. "Daral Pugh". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter (20 August 1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. Queen Anne Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-3561435-4-5.
  3. "Daral Pugh - Academy - Academy staff profiles - Sheffield Wednesday".
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 14 January 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Leeds United: We've no plans to scale back Thorp Arch academy – Pearson". Yorkshire Evening Post. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  7. "Former player Pugh joins Academy staff". Rotherham United F.C. 24 February 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.


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