Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 10 April 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Manchester United (academy coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Doncaster Rovers | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2002–2004 | Doncaster Rovers | 0 | (0) |
2004 | → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) | ||
2004–2006 | Sheffield Wednesday | 0 | (0) |
2006–2009 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
2007 | → Belper Town (loan) | ||
2009–2014 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | ||
Managerial career | |||
2015–2016 | Bradford (Park Avenue) | ||
2019 | Bradford City (caretaker) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Martin Drury (born 10 April 1986) is an English football coach and former player who is an academy coach at Manchester United.
Born in Huddersfield, Drury played as a left back for Doncaster Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Sheffield Wednesday, Belper Town, and Bradford (Park Avenue).[1][2][3] He retired at the age of 28 due to injury.[4]
After retiring as a player, Drury worked for Bradford (Park Avenue) (as both assistant manager and then manager), and also as a coach at Boston United.[1]
At Park Avenue, he was appointed manager in April 2015, replacing John Deacey.[5] He left the club in March 2016, and was replaced by Darren Edmondson.[6]
Drury joined Bradford City in 2016, initially working in their Academy.[4][7] In July 2017 he became a full-time youth coach at the club,[8] and in May 2018 he became Lead Development Coach for the club's entire youth set-up.[4]
He later worked as first-team coach under both Michael Collins and David Hopkin.[7] In February 2019, after the resignation of Hopkin, Drury was appointed as the club's caretaker manager.[7] A few days later he appointed Paul Caddis as club captain, replacing Anthony O'Connor.[9] Drury's first game in charge, on 2 March 2019, was a 5–1 away defeat against Portsmouth. After the game, Drury said that appointing a new permanent manager was a "matter of urgency".[10] Two days later, on 4 March 2019, Gary Bowyer was appointed as Bradford City manager until the end of the 2018–19 season.[11] Drury was retained by the club as a coach.[12] By August 2021 his role was 'Senior Technical and Tactical Coach'.[13] He became Head of Academy Coaching in March 2022,[14] and later that month spoke positively about the achievements of the youth team.[15]
In July 2022 he became an academy coach at Manchester United.[16]
As of November 2012, Drury was married with two sons.[17]