Mark James Dempsey (born 14 January 1964) is an English

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coach and former player. Dempsey was born in

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. He played as a

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for

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, Chesterfield and

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, and in

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Radcliffe F.C., Radcliffe Borough. He was a youth coach with Manchester United before moving to Norway. He has six children, two of them adopted.

Managerial career

In February 2009, he took up a post in youth system, youth development with

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and the northern Norway region. On 9 November 2010, Dempsey joined

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as part of new manager

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's backroom staff. He followed Solskjær to

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in January 2014 as part of a new-look backroom staff after the sacking of

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Haugesund

In 2016, Dempsey was

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's manager after taking over from Jostein Grindhaug after the 2015 season. Dempsey resigned as manager of Haugesund on 14 July 2016.

Djurgården

In August 2016, Dempsey became manager of Swedish top-flight side

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Molde return

On 29 December 2016,

announced that Dempsey had returned to the club as an assistant manager, working alongside Erling Moe, on a -year contract.

Start

On 1 December 2017, Dempsey was appointed manager of

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On 18 May 2018, Dempsey got sacked by Start due to poor results.

Kongsvinger

Dempsey was announced as the new manager of Norwegian 2nd tier club

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on 11 June 2018.

Manchester United

Dempsey rejoined Manchester United after the departure of José Mourinho in December 2018 as part of caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær's coaching staff, taking on the role of a technical coach. In 2019, whilst Manchester United were on their pre-season tour of Australia, Dempsey was struck ill and was admitted to hospital. He was subsequently off work for the next couple of months, before returning to his role in December 2019. In 2022, he was part of the coaching team that successfully guided Norway's U21s to qualify for the European U21 finals in Romania and Georgia in the summer of 2023. Dampsey coaching for development

Managerial statistics

References

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