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Soccer 101

What is an assistant manager and what do they do?

Soccer 101

TSS

Soccer, Sports

4.9853 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

"Who is that guy sitting next to the manager and why is he showing him stuff on an iPad?" We have answers!


What is an assistant manager, and what do they do? To answer that second one, we look at the different types and some of the most notable examples in soccer history.


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0:00.0

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0:49.4

My name is Taylor Rockwell, and this week I'm very excited because we get to answer the age old question

0:55.0

who are those guys sitting on the bench occasionally whispering things at the manager with great

0:58.9

intensity it's assistant manager time graham ruffin are you ready I am ready to talk about the

1:05.7

puppet masters in soccer Taylor it's all a conspiracy the people with the real power are the

1:10.1

assistant managers just as for the clopoldganger,

1:12.9

as what I'm saying.

1:14.7

At what point do you think that becomes a requirement that you have to look somewhat like the manager?

1:19.2

And why is that the case?

1:20.3

Is it a subconscious thing of, like, if I look like him, he'll keep giving me opportunities

1:25.0

and responsibilities?

1:26.6

Seems like a growing trend in soccer because there was the Erickton Haag Mitchell van der Gag looks quite similar to So maybe that's part of Pep Linders So Pep Linders who was Juergen Klops As part of the reason why we're doing this episode this week Pep Lenders is going to Man City He was Yorgon Klop's assistant for a long time at Liverpool Maybe that's part of like his hazing at Man City is he walks into the manager's office and

1:48.6

there's just a pet, pep standing there with a razor.

1:51.7

Yeah, exactly.

1:52.2

Get your head over the sink, pal.

1:53.4

Yeah.

1:54.0

Head off, veneers out, head over the sink.

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