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First-Team: Head Coach
Martin Paterson became head coach of Notts County in June 2025. He’s from Stoke-on-Trent, born 10 May 1987, and played for Northern Ireland during a career that took him through the English leagues and a few far-off stops overseas.
He came through Stoke City’s youth system, had a short loan at Grimsby Town in League Two, and made his mark at Scunthorpe United in the Championship. That led to a move to Burnley, where he was part of their 2009 promotion to the Premier League. He stayed there five years before spells at Huddersfield Town and Blackpool. After that came something different: Orlando City and Tampa Bay Rowdies in the US, plus a stint with Mohun Bagan in India.
At 20, he suffered a serious knee injury. It was the sort of moment that forces a rethink. Tony Pulis, his manager at Stoke, told him to start looking at coaching. He listened. He gained his UEFA A Licence alongside Eddie Howe, who would later manage him at Burnley, and went on to complete his UEFA Pro Licence.
Coaching began for him at Tampa Bay, followed by Inter Miami where Phil Neville made him assistant manager. From there, he joined Michael Duff at Barnsley and helped reach the League One play-off final. When Duff moved to Swansea City, Paterson went too.
In January 2024, he took on his first managerial job with Burton Albion. It was a fight, but he kept them in League One. That summer he rejoined Duff at Huddersfield Town, before choosing to go it alone a year later with Notts County.
It has been a steady rise, shaped by both success and setbacks, from Premier League striker to EFL head coach, learning something from every stop along the way.