CV's Weekly Coaching News

One of the biggest jobs in world football?changed hands this week, when Dorival Jr was named the new head coach of?Brazil, vacating his role with?S?o Paulo.?The 61-year-old replaces?Sele??o interim coach?Fernando Diniz. Another coach on the move from S?o Paulo?is?Juliano Belletti, who has left the Brazilian club’s Under-20s?to become an assistant with Barcelona Atlètic, also known as?Bar?a B. It was Belletti who scored Bar?a’s winning goal against?Arsenal?in the 2006 Champions League final. Former England age-grade manager?Gemma Grainger has stepped down as Wales manager to take over the?Norway?women’s national team.?Grainger leaves the Wales job after two years, but will remain based in Leeds.

A month after being sacked?by?Sunderland, Tony Mowbray has replaced Wayne Rooney?as?Birmingham City?manager. Meanwhile,?Swansea City?and Plymouth Argyle have turned to?Luke Williams?and?Ian Foster, respectively, to revive their Championship fortunes. ? Also following in Rooney’s footsteps?is?Troy Lesesne, who was named?D.C. United?head coach this week. The 40-year-old American?served as interim head coach of?New York Red Bulls?last season. Lastly, a double appointment?for?Burton Albion, with former?Northern Ireland?international Martin Paterson taking on his first head coach role. Meanwhile, in Burton’s academy,?former Ivory Coast youth international Francois Zoko has been appointed head of coaching.

COACH?WATCH?/ GARY O'NEIL

The current youngest manager?in the Premier League, at the age of 40, Gary O’Neil has already taken charge of two top-flight clubs. In the past 18 months, his achievements with Wolves and Bournemouth have marked him out as one of the most promising coaches in English football.?Here, our UEFA-licensed coaches have analysed the tactics that have served O’Neil well in his first two managerial roles. Want to learn more?about the technical and tactical aspects of football? Take a look at CV Academy?here