The Crystal Palace coaching staff boasts a host of experts beside manager Oliver Glasner in the dugout at Selhurst Park. So, who makes up the backroom team?
Manager: Oliver Glasner
Crystal Palace confirmed the appointment of Oliver Glasner as their new manager in February 2024, following the exit of Roy Hodgson.
The Austrian coach has a track record of qualifying for European competitions, even winning the Europa League with Eintracht Frankfurt.
Crystal Palace coaching staff
Assistant manager: Paddy McCarthy
Paddy McCarthy joined the Crystal Palace first-team coaching staff in March 2023 to be Hodgson’s assistant manager, and he stayed on as part of Glasner’s setup.
The Eagles promoted the Dublin native into their senior set-up as a reward for his work with Crystal Palace’s academy. McCarthy first moved into coaching with the club’s Under-18s.
Crystal Palace first awarded McCarthy a position as a youth coach before naming him as their U21s head coach in 2021.
The UEFA A licence holder also spent a game in charge of the Eagles’ first-team following Vieira’s departure. He stepped in to oversee their 4-1 loss away to Arsenal in March 2023.
His move into the Selhurst Park dugout also followed a spell on the Selhurst Park pitch for McCarthy.
Crystal Palace signed the defender from Charlton Athletic in 2008 after early spells with Manchester City and Leicester City. McCarthy would retire with the Eagles in 2016 after several loan moves.
First-team coach: Ronald Brunmayr
Ronald Brunmayr joined Glasner as part of the Crystal Palace coaching team following his appointment in February 2024.
A former striker, Brunmayr topped the Austrian Bundesliga scoring charts, with appearances for FC Linz, Austria Wien, SV Ried, Grazer AK, Sturm Graz, FC Karnten and FC Pasching.
His coaching career would start with LASK, with a step into management, before joining up with Glasner at Eintracht Frankfurt and then Crystal Palace.
Goalkeeping coach: Dean Kiely
Crystal Palace kept Dean Kiely on as the club’s goalkeeping coach when Glasner named his coaching staff in February 2024.
The Salford-born former Republic of Ireland international first joined the Eagles’ backroom team in January 2018. Hodgson lured the coach away from Preston North End at the time.
Kiely first moved into coaching with West Bromwich Albion in 2011 after the Baggies elected against extending his playing contract.
He remained at the Hawthorns until 2015 when Tony Pulis took over and joined Norwich City’s coaching staff. Preston coaxed Kiely to Deepdale in 2017 for four months.
Assistant coach: Michael Angerschmid
Michael Angerschmid made the move to Crystal Palace alongside Glasner’s arrival as manager.
The pair have been intertwined throughout their careers, having both played for SV Ried before stepping into coaching.
Angerschmid worked as an assistant coach at LASK, VFL Wolfsburg and Eintracht Frankfurt during Glasner’s spells there.
Assistant coach: Emanuel Pogatetz
Emanuel Pogatetz is no stranger to English football, having played for both Middlesbrough and West Ham in his playing days.
Now returning as a coach with Crystal Palace, the Austrian has experience working with academies.
Fitness and conditioning coach: Michael Berktold
Michael Berktold joined Glasner and the rest of his coaching staff at Crystal Palace in February 2024.
The coach had previously worked under the manager at LASK and VFL Wolfsburg, though his most recent job was with RB Salzburg.
First-team rehabilitation coach: Harry Bearman
Crystal Palace first hired Harry Bearman to their coaching staff in September 2019. He later became the Eagles’ first-team rehabilitation coach in September 2021.
Selhurst Park chiefs opted to promote Bearman following two years as the south London club’s first-team strength and conditioning coach.
Bearman moved to south London in September 2019 to continue his career in football after previous jobs at Millwall and Charlton Athletic.
He also worked at the Bromley Tennis Academy LTA Accredited High-Performance Centre from April 2014 until May 2015 before embarking on his career in football.
The University of Bolton also hired Bearman between November 2012 and April 2014 – finally as its women’s badminton team’s strength and conditioning coach.
He got the job after getting a bachelor’s degree whilst at the university before then earning his master’s at St Mary’s University, Twickenham.
Head of performance and recruitment analysis: Ben Stevens
Ben Stevens has held the role of head of performance and recruitment analysis with Crystal Palace’s coaching staff since June 2018.
The Eagles promoted him to the position after three years as their head of performance analysis. It also even marked a return to the Selhurst Park natives for Stevens.
Newcastle United tempted Stevens away from Selhurst Park in January 2011 after six months as the Eagles’ first-team performance analyst.
He took a similar role at St James’ Park before becoming their head of performance analysis. He got the second role in December 2012 through until January 2015.
Southampton also employed Stevens before he first joined the coaching staff at Crystal Palace.
The Saints gave the analyst his first job in football after earning a bachelor’s degree in football studies at Solent University in 2007. Stevens would also later earn his master’s in sports directorship in 2022.
Stevens oversees a small team of analysts at Selhurst Park, as well.
Lead opposition scout: Michael MacNeill
Crystal Palace employed Michael MacNeill as their lead opposition scout in December 2017.
He has continued to hold the role at Selhurst Park ever since in a storied career in football that started back in December 1993.
Huddersfield Town hired MacNeill as their chief London and the South East scout.
MacNeill has also held scouting roles with Plymouth Argyle, Lincoln City, Charlton Athletic, Southend United and Southampton.
Crystal Palace even employed him as a scout from 2010 to 2014. He would later return to Huddersfield in September 2014 until July 2016 when he moved to Rotherham United.
MacNeill has also worked with Islington and Camden Schools Football Association, Islington Primary School’s Football Association, Islington Council, Inner London Schools Football Association, Islington Borough FC and Islington Borough Ladies FC.
