Stephen Gallen (born 21 November 1973) is a London-born Irish football coach who is the Director of Football at Millwall Football Club.

Coaching and managerial career

Queens Park Rangers

Gallen was employed for almost two decades at

Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English f ...

, and first joined the Academy coaching setup in 1997, as the under-12s coach. In December 2009, he and fellow academy coach Marc Bircham jointly assumed managerial duties for a match against

West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion Football Club (), commonly known as West Brom or The Albion, is a professional association football club based in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the Englis ...

, after manager

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was suspended; the game finished 2–2. He was in the position of Senior Professional Development Coach, coach of the QPR U21 side, from 2014 to 2015, when he was promoted to First Team Coach. He left the club on 30 January 2016. Gallen has two brothers, Joe and

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, both of whom played for QPR before also joining the coaching staff.

Pegasus

On 23 June 2016,

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announced that Gallen would be the club's manager from the

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. He left the club on 3 November 2016 after struggling to adapt to Hong Kong culture.

Charlton Athletic

On 19 April 2017, Gallen joined

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

as the club's Head of Recruitment. Steve was appointed as

Director of Football A sporting director, or director of sport, is an senior management, executive management position in a sports club. The role is well known as a manager role for European football clubs, which are sometime also "sports clubs", offering many typ ...

on 10 January 2020 soon after

was taken over by East Street Investments. Gallen departed Charlton on 2 August 2023.

Montserrat

On 9 September 2023, he took over as assistant manager of the

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under Lee Bowyer.

Millwall

On 10 May 2024, Gallen was announced as the new Director of Football at

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Managerial statistics

Honours

As manager

Queens Park Rangers under-18s * Football League Youth Alliance Cup winner: 2009–10 * Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference champion: 2010–11, 2011–12 * Professional Development under-18 League Two champion: 2012–13 *Esad Osmanovski Memorial Cup runner-up: 2013 *Newark International Soccer Classic winner: 2013 Queens Park Rangers under-21s * Professional Development under-21 League Two runner-up: 2013–14

As Director of Football

*League One Play off winners: 2019

References

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