Mike Dodds
Personal information
Full name Mike Smith Thomson Dodds
Date of birth (1986-06-03) 3 June 1986
Place of birth England
Team information
Current team
 Sunderland
(assistant head coach)
Managerial career
Years Team
2022 Sunderland (interim)
2023 Sunderland (interim)

Mike Dodds (born 3 June 1987) is an English football coach, who is currently assistant head coach of Sunderland.

Coaching career

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]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 16 December 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Sunderland (interim) 2 February 2022 11 February 2022 2 0 0 2 000.0
Sunderland (interim) 4 December 2023 18 December 2023 3 2 0 1 066.7
Total 5 2 0 3 040.0

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "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.


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