Official: Former cup-winning United coach lands impressive new role in Football League club

Former Manchester United assistant Steve McClaren has taken a new step in his career. United past McClaren joined Manchester United as assistant manager in 1999 from Derby County and won the treble in his first season. He became Middlesbrough manager in 2001 and won the League Cup in 2004. McClaren became England manager in 2006 but failed to secure qualification for Euro 2008. He later had success with FC Twente in the Netherlands before less successful spells at clubs like Nottingham Forest, Newcastle United and Queen’s Park Rangers. McClaren rejoined Manchester United as an assistant coach as part of Erik ten Hag’s team in 2022 and won the League Cup in 2023 and the FA Cup in 2024. The 65-year-old would take one more foray into international management as Jamaica manager before leaving the role in November last year. Future It was announced yesterday that McClaren would continue his football journey, but this time at Rotherham United. The Millers’ official website reported, “Rotherham United are delighted to welcome Steve McClaren to the club as he joins in a newly-created role as our Head of Football.” The site also proudly explained, “it has been universally agreed by our Chairman Tony Stewart and the club’s Directors that the former England manager’s vast experience across numerous levels and disciplines within the game would bring enormous value and prestige to our football operation and McClaren begins his job with the Millers with immediate effect.” Part of his remit will be to establish a “sustainable structure” amongst numerous departments, and he will lead the process of searching for a new first team coach after they were relegated to League Two this season. Everyone at Rotherham United would like to extend a warm welcome to Steve McClaren who joins the club as our new Head of Football 🤝#RUFC | #TownCountyUnited — Rotherham United (@RotherhamUnited) May 20, 2026 United connection Manchester United youngster Dan Gore spent last season on loan at the club and made a huge impact on the Rotherham team. Gabriele Biancheri also joined the Millers in the winter but failed to make much of an impact. The Peoples Person has been one of the world’s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social Latest Top Stories… Alex Browne Alex is a huge Manchester United fan, inspired by greats of his homeland such as George Best, Harry Gregg and Norman Whiteside. Alex has a Master’s degree from Queen’s University Belfast and La Universitat Rovira i Virgili in Tarragona, Spain. Having lived in the country since 2011, Alex is The Peoples Person’s Spanish football expert and is fluent in both Spanish and Catalan. He dreams of witnessing a United captain triumphantly hoisting the Premier League and Champions League trophy in the air once more.