Generally players I've seen with the obvious exceptions of Big Ron, Jim Barron and Mark WrightIs there an Oxford United FC squad of former players who have gone into management and/or coaching at Football league level(or its equivalent) or above?
GK - Jim Barron - 1st team coach Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa, Caretaker Wolves, Birmingham and Northampton; Manager Cheltenham
RB - Sam Ricketts - Manager, Shrewsbury Town
CB - Ron Atkinson - Manager Cambridge, West Brom, Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa, Coventry and Nottingham Forest
CB - Malcolm Shotton - Manager OUFC
LB - John Trewick - Coach West Brom, Derby, Wolves, Asst Manager and then manager Hereford United
RM - Jim Magilton - Manager, Ipswich Town; QPR and N. Ireland U-21
CM - Steve McClaren - Youth Team OUFC; Asst Manager Derby, Man Utd & England; Manager; Middlesbrough, England, FC Twente, Wolfsburg, Nottingham Forest, Derby, Newcastle & QPR
CM - Dave Penny - Manager, Doncaster, Darlington, Oldham, Bristol Rovers
LM- Paul Simpson - 1st team Coach Newcastle; Manager Rochdale, Carlisle, Preston, Shrewsbury, Stockport, England U-20
CF - John Aldridge - Manager Tranmere Rovers
CF - Dean Saunders - Coach Blackburn & Newcastle; Manager Wrexham, Doncaster, Wolves, Crawley & Chesterfield
Subs
GK - Andy Woodman - West Ham, Charlton, Newcastle, Crystal Palace GK coach and apparently now head of goalkeeping at Arsenal according to LinkedIn!
DF - Andy Melville - 1st Team Coach OUFC; DoF (or similar) at Northampton
DF - Mark Wright - Manager Southport, OUFC, Peterborough and Chester City
CM - Dean Whitehead - Asst Manager Shrewsbury Town
CM - Mickey Lewis - Youth Team Coach ('96 - '99) 1st Team Coach (99 - 00 & 07 - 09), Asst Manager (09 - 14 & 14 - 15), Caretaker Manager (2014) and Manager (1999 - 2000) Oxford United
CF - Billy Hamilton - Manager Limerick and Distillery
CF - Martin Foyle - Manager Port Vale, Wrexham, York and Hereford
Wild Card - Ceri Evans - Psychologist New Zealand All Blacks and Petronas Mercedes AMG Formula One team (stretching it a bit, but quite some CV with 8 world titles since 2011!!) https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/may/08/lewis-hamilton-reverse-mercedes-psychologist-f1
I'm sure I've missed someone really obvious from there.... decent enough team, as all players who played (either for us or later in career) in Championship or higher. Some decent managerial and coaching CV's there too
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