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Paul Warne MBE
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)
1998 →Kettering Town(loan) 10 (6)
1999–2005 Rotherham United 232 (28)
2004–2005 →Mansfield 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 professionalfootball managerand formerplayerwho played as amidfielder.He is the current manager ofEFL ChampionshipclubDerby County.[2]

Warne started his playing career in his native Norfolk forGreat Yarmouth Town,Diss TownandWroxham.In the summer of 1997, Warne made the transition into full-timeFootball Leaguefootball by joiningWigan Athletic,after a spell on loan atKettering Townin November 1998, Warne would then joinRotherham Unitedin January 1999, where he would spend five-and-a-half-years and help the club gain promotions from theThird Divisionto theFirst Divisionin three seasons. In 2004, Warne had a short loan spell atMansfield Town.In June 2005, Warne left Rotherham after 257 appearances to joinOldham Athletic,where in two-years Warne would make 100 appearances, in August 2007 Warne joinedYeovil Town,until he left in 2009 to rejoinRotherham Unitedin 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 afterKenny Jackettresigned, 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 the2018 EFL League One play-off final,Rotherham became ayo-yo clubunder 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 the2022 EFL Trophy finalin this third promotion season. In September 2022, Warne left Rotherham to takeover at League OneDerby Countyas 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.

Playing career

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Warne was born inNorwich,Norfolk and is a supporter ofNorwich City.[1][3]He started playing non-League football forGreat Yarmouth Town,[4]before moving ontoDiss Town,with whom he won theFA Vasein 1994.[5]After playing forWroxham,he started his professional career at the age of 23 when he signed for Wigan Athletic, before moving to Rotherham where he played over 250 games in all competitions, then he moved to Oldham where he became a firm fans favourite in his time there, helping the club to the League One playoffs in the 2006/2007 season, eventually moving on free transfer to Yeovil,[6]where he struggled to get amongst the goals regularly.

During the summer of 2009, after failing to agree a new deal with Yeovil,[7]he joined his former club Rotherham United on trial and impressed pre-season.[8]He subsequently signed a one-year contract with the Millers,[9]scoring on his debut on the opening day againstAccrington Stanley.On 11 August 2009, he scored the equalising goal as Rotherham surprisingly beat Championship side Derby County 2–1 in the first round of theLeague Cup.It was made all the more of an upset by the fact that Derby had reached the semifinals of the competition the previous season. He signed a one-year contract extension in June 2010.[10]

Coaching career

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He joined the coaching staff at Rotherham in May 2012 upon his retirement from professional football.[11] During his time playing for Diss Town, Warne coached children at Diss Town FC through his former coaching business, Pass Soccer.

Rotherham United

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In November 2012, Warne was granted atestimonialby Rotherham United for giving the club many years of service including as player, coach and joint caretaker-manager.[12]

On 28 November 2016, after the resignation ofKenny Jackett,Warne was appointed caretaker manager of Rotherham United.[13]On 13 January 2017, Warne was appointed Rotherham United manager until the end of the 2016–17 season.[14]On 5 April 2017, with Rotherham's relegation from the Championship confirmed Warne was appointed permanent manager of the club on a one-year rolling contract.[15]During his time as manager, Rotherham, were relegated from and won promotion to the Championship on three occasions each, with promotions in 2018, 2020 and 2022 following relegations in 2017, 2019, and 2021. He also won the 2022 EFL Trophy.

Warne's final game as Millers manager was a 0–0 away toMiddlesbroughon 17 September 2022 which left Rotherham 8th in the Championship after 9 games;[16]he left the club five days later and dropped down a division to manageLeague OneDerby County.

Derby County

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2022–23: Play-off near miss

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After interim managerLiam Roseniorwas relieved of his duties, EFL League One side Derby County Football Club, recently saved by local businessmanDavid Clowes,approached Rotherham United to request permission to speak to Warne.[17][18]Paul Warne was officially announced by Derby County as their new head coach on a four-year deal on 22 September 2022, after The Rams agreed a compensation package with Rotherham for Warne, alongside Assistant Head Coach Richie Barker, First Team Coach Matt Hamshaw, and First Team Goalkeeper Coach Andy Warrington.[2]Following a stellar January that saw Derby have a 100% record, rising to within touching distance of breaking into the automatic promotion picture, Warne was awarded the League One Manager of the Month award for the third time, his first time with Derby County.[19] Form collapsed after this, however, and Warne oversaw just six wins in the final 18 games as Derby finished the season in 7th place, the joint lowest league finish in the club history, and missed out on a playoff place by one place and point.[20]Warne called the season a "failure".[21]

2023–24: Promotion from League One

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Warne rebuilt the Derby squad in summer 2023 ahead of the2023–24 seasonwith 12 players signed,[22]with players such asCurtis Davies,[23]David McGoldrick[24]andJason Knightdeparting.[25]Derby suffered a bad start to the season, losing their first three games atPride Park Stadium2–1 in the league toWigan Athleticand toOxford Unitedby the same score, as well as 2–0 loss toBlackpoolin theEFL Cupin between, Warne after this defeat said that he felt like player heads were being turned by transfer speculation.[26]Derby suffered a spate of injuries in first two months of the season[27]and after the first 11 games of the League One season, found themselves in 9th place and 10 points behind leadersPortsmouth,Warne said the club were behind their target and demanded improvement from squad on 11 October 2023.[28]The team subsequently lost 1–0 away toShrewsbury Townleaving the pre-season promotion favourites 11th in the table and with questions starting to arise regarding Warne's future,[29]though the club later came out in support of the manager.[30]On 14 November 2023, Derby were knocked out of the first round of theFA Cupafter a first round replay at home toCrewe Alexandra,the first time the club have been eliminated at this stage since the 1984–85 season,[31]Warne found his team "unpredictable" as they impressed in a league win 3–0 at home toBarnsleythree days earlier,[31]Warne called his players for an extra days training on the Thursday after the cup tie.[31]Warne ended 2023 with a nine-game unbeaten league run, winning eight of these matches which moved Derby up to 4th place in the table and two points off the automatic promotion places.[32]This impressive end to the year saw him win the Manager of the Month award for December 2023.[33]In early 2024 Derby found themselves in second place in the table but in February 2024, after Derby's first back-to-back league defeats atBarnsleyand at home toCharlton Athletic,Warne warned his players that they needed to improve if they wanted to stay in the automatic promotion places.[34]Derby responded well to this message, with Derby winning their first four league matches in March and after a 1–0 win to promotion rivalsBolton Wanderers,Warne was delighted with the result but told his players not get carried away with Derby being four points clear of third place with seven league games remaining.[35]Having won five from six across the month, he was awarded the Manager of the Month award.[36]Warne achieved his fourth promotion from League One to the Championship after a 2–0 win at home toCarlisle Unitedon the last day of the season confirmed Derby would be promoted as runners-up with their highest ever points tally.[37][38]

2024–25

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Ahead of the2024–25 season,Warne released seven first team players from the previous campaign including captainConor Hourihane,midfielderKorey Smith,whilst first-choice goalkeeperJoe Wildsmithand midfielderLouie Sibleyrejected a contract offers.[39]Derby signed 11 players in the summer transfer window,[40]however delays in some of these transfers until after the season started lead Warne to warn that his side was not Championship ready in mid-August after picking up a single win in the clubs first three Championship matches, as well as a second round EFL Cup defeat toLeague TwoBarrow.[41]However, on 31 August 2024, Derby beatBristol City3–0 at Pride Park with Warne describing it as 'the best Derby performance I’ve seen since I’ve been here', this lead Derby to gain six points in the first month of the season over four matches.[42]

Career statistics

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Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Wigan Athletic 1997–98[43] Second Division 25 2 0 0 0 0 2[a] 0 27 2
1998–99[44] Second Division 11 1 1 0 1 0 1[a] 1 14 2
Total 36 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 41 4
Rotherham United 1998–99[44] Third Division 21 8 — — — 21 8
1999–2000[45] Third Division 43 10 2 0 2 0 2[a] 0 49 10
2000–01[46] Second Division 44 7 3 0 2 0 1[a] 0 50 7
2001–02[47] First Division 25 0 2 1 0 0 — 27 1
2002–03[48] First Division 40 1 1 0 4 1 — 45 2
2003–04[49] First Division 35 1 2 0 3 0 — 40 1
2004–05[50] Championship 24 1 0 0 1 0 — 25 1
Total 232 28 10 1 12 1 3 0 257 30
Mansfield Town(loan) 2004–05[50] League Two 7 1 — — — 7 1
Oldham Athletic 2005–06[51] League One 40 9 4 1 1 0 1[a] 0 46 10
2006–07[52] League One 46 9 4 2 1 0 3[b] 0 54 11
Total 86 18 8 3 2 0 4 0 100 21
Yeovil Town 2007–08[53] League One 33 1 1 0 1 0 2[a] 0 37 1
2008–09[54] League One 44 4 2 0 2 1 1[a] 0 49 5
Total 77 5 3 0 3 1 3 0 86 6
Rotherham United 2009–10[55] League Two 15 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 17 3
2010–11[56] League Two 11 1 0 0 1 0 3[a] 0 15 1
2011–12[57] League Two 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Total 29 3 1 0 2 1 3 0 35 4
Career total 467 58 23 4 20 2 16 1 526 65
  1. ^abcdefghAppearance(s) inFootball League Trophy
  2. ^One appearance inFootball League Trophy,two inLeague One play-offs

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 26 October 2024[13][58]
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L Win %
Rotherham United 28 November 2016 22 September 2022 293 112 65 116 038.23
Derby County 22 September 2022 present 113 57 27 29 050.44
Total 406 169 92 145 041.63

Honours

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As a player

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Diss Town

As a manager

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Rotherham United

Derby County

Individual

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