Martin Drury
English footballer and coach
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Martin Drury (born 10 April 1986) is an English football coach and former player who is the manager of Huddersfield Town.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 10 April 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Huddersfield, England | ||
| Position | Left-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Huddersfield Town (manager) | ||
| 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) | ||
| 2026 | Huddersfield Town (acting) | ||
| 2026– | Huddersfield Town | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Born in Huddersfield, Drury played as a left-back for Doncaster Rovers,[1] Gainsborough Trinity, Sheffield Wednesday, Belper Town, and Bradford (Park Avenue).[2][3] He retired at the age of 28 due to injury.[4]
Coaching career
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.[5]
At Park Avenue, he was appointed manager in April 2015, replacing John Deacey.[6] He left the club in March 2016, and was replaced by Darren Edmondson.[7]
Drury joined Bradford City in 2016, initially working in their Academy.[4][8] In July 2017 he became a full-time youth coach at the club,[9] 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.[8] In February 2019, after the resignation of Hopkin, Drury was appointed as the club's caretaker manager.[8] A few days later he appointed Paul Caddis as club captain, replacing Anthony O'Connor.[10] 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".[11] Two days later, on 4 March 2019, Gary Bowyer was appointed as Bradford City manager until the end of the 2018–19 season.[12] Drury was retained by the club as a coach.[13] By August 2021 his role was 'Senior Technical and Tactical Coach'.[14] He became Head of Academy Coaching in March 2022,[15] and later that month spoke positively about the achievements of the youth team.[16]
In July 2022 he became an academy coach at Manchester United.[17] He moved to a coaching role at West Bromwich Albion in August 2024,[18] before becoming an assistant coach at Spanish club Valencia in January 2025.[19]
He returned to England in July 2025 to become an assistant first team coach at Brentford.[20]
In January 2026 he became assistant manager at Huddersfield Town.[21] In March 2026 he was appointed the acting manager of Huddersfield Town until the end of the season, following Liam Manning going on compassionate leave.[22] The position was made permanent in May 2026.[23]
Personal life
As of November 2012, Drury was married with two sons.[24]
