MANAGER - MICK McCARTHY
Appointed July 2006
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Born in Barnsley, Mick made his debut for his hometown club as an 18-year-old defender before moving to Manchester City in 1983 for £200,000. He won his first of a grand total of 57 Ireland caps a year later. He moved north of the border in 1987 joining Celtic and helping them to the Scottish League and Cup double before, a year later, enjoying a brief spell with French club Lyons.
He returned to England, initially on loan with Millwall in 1990 and, the following year at the age of 32, he became Millwall's manager and led the Londoners to third spot in the First Division in 1994, narrowly missing out on promotion.
In 1996, he took over from Jack Charlton as the Republic of Ireland manager and he led the team to the 2002 World Cup Finals. McCarthy resigned the post in November 2002 having taken the Republic from 54th to 13th in FIFA's world rankings in just over five years.
Four months later he was appointed manager of a struggling Sunderland side that was relegated from the top flight at the end of the campaign. He took the Black Cats back up into the Premier League, as Champions, in 2005 but there followed an immediate return to the Championship and Mick left the Stadium of Light in March, 2006, when relegation looked a certainty.
He took over the managerial reins at Wolves in July 2006 and immediately set about a rebuilding job at the club.
In his first season at Wolves, Mick took the club to the play-off semi-finals, losing 4-2 on aggregate to West Bromwich Albion.
His second season in charge saw Wolves miss out on the play-offs on goals scored, finishing seventh, before the hugely successful 2008-09 campaign in which the team stormed to the Championship title, the second in four years for Mick.
He was also named Championship Manager of the Year as a result.
There followed up two seasons of Barclays Premier League survival in 2009/10 and 2010/11 respectively, with finishes of 15th and 17th ensuring Wolves headed into a third successive top flight campaign for the first time in 30 years.
ASSISTANT MANAGER - TERRY CONNOR
Appointed July 1999
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Appointed as reserve team coach in the summer of 1999, Terry Connor was initially handed the task of guiding the club's youngsters across the bridge that spans youth and senior football.
Leeds born, Terry saw action with Leeds United, Brighton, Portsmouth, Swansea City and Bristol City.
When his playing days were over, he became Football in the Community coach at Swindon Town. He moved to the same post at Bristol Rovers which is where he first linked up with John Ward who promoted him to coach.
When Ward moved from Rovers to Bristol City, Terry followed and the pair were back together at Molineux, until John's departure in 2003.
He continued to work under Mick McCarthy and took on first team coaching duties when Ian Evans stepped down from them in the 2007/08 season.
He was officially appointed as assistant manager at the start of the 2008/09 campaign, and marked a decade at Molineux by helping the club to the Championship title at the end of the season.
This was followed up by the management team securing at least three successive top flight seasons following promotion.
HEAD OF FIRST TEAM ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE - TONY DALEY
Appointed 2007.
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Birmingham-born, a successful decade as a player with Aston Villa saw Tony pick up a League Cup winners medal following the 1994 win against Manchester United, while Villa also twice finished as runners-up in the top division.
The pacey winger also earned seven England caps, including two appearances at the 1992 European Championshps.
He left Villa for Wolves, where injury affected his four years at the club before further spells with Watford, Walsall and Forest Green Rovers prior to hanging up his boots.
Having finished his playing career Tony studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sports Science at Coventry University, while at the same time working as fitness coach with Forest Green and also some of Aston Villa's young players, including Gabriel Agbonlahor.
On completing his degree Tony secured the position of fitness and conditioning coach at Sheffield United, where he spent four years before joining Wolves in the same position in September, 2007.
His attention to detail and meticulous fitness regimes quickly secured the respect of backroom colleagues and players alike as Wolves sought to develop a young and athletic squad.
Tony has since revamped Wolves' approach to fitness and conditioning with the rest of the club's backroom staff and introduced various new techniques which helped the team becoming renowned for their levels of fitness.
He also graduated with a Masters degree in Applied Sports Science and Exercise in the summer of 2010.
GOALKEEPING COACH - PAT MOUNTAIN
Appointed 2008
Pat Mountain arrived at Molineux to take over as goalkeeping coach in the summer of 2008.
Prior to arriving at Wolves, he had worked with Cardiff's Academy and with Wales under-21s as well as with Cheltenham and Hereford under well-known former Wolves figures Keith Downing and Graham Turner respectively.
As a player Pat started out with Cardff before moving on to Barry Town where he picked up UEFA Cup experience.
A Welsh under-21 international himself, he also turned out for Yeovil Town and Newport County before three serious knee injuries led to early retirement at the age of 27.
From that setback however Pat was able to focus all his attentions on honing his coaching skills, and is now charged with the task of looking after Wolves' impressive array of keepers, which in recent years has included the likes of Wayne Hennessey, Carl Ikeme, Marcus Hahnemann and Dorus De Vries.
Pat was the youngest coach ever to complete both UEFA's outfield and goalkeeping coaching 'A' licences.
DEVELOPMENT COACH - STEVE WEAVER
Appointed 2008.
Steve arrived at the club in July, 2008, in a new role to work specifically with the club's 18-21-year-olds.
The job involves aiming to bridge the gap between Academy and first team football in terms of helping prepare them for the senior level whilst also keeping a close eye on those loaned out to other clubs to further their development.
Steve spent almost 20 years at Wrexham, initially as a player and then as a coach after his career was cut short by injury. He headed up the club's Centre of Excellence and also spent a year as assistant manager before leaving in January, 2008.
Prior to joining Wolves Steve enjoyed the opportunity of working for Manchester City's Academy and also carried out scouting duties for Blackburn.
He possesses the UEFA Pro License coaching qualification and a degree in Sports Science.
Steve is charge of the reserve team as Wolves take part in the Barclays Premier Reserve League.
CHIEF SCOUT - DAVE BOWMAN
Appointed 2006.
Dave Bowman has a working relationship with Mick McCarthy and Ian Evans stretching back almost 20 years.
Dave completed his full coaching badge at Lilleshall, before then landing a scout and assessor position at Barnsley under Allan Clarke. It is there he first met Mick and Ian, and the trio stayed together when Mick landed his first managerial post at Millwall.
The same applied with Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland, whom Dave continued working for under the stewardships of Brian Kerr and Steve Staunton.
It was therefore no surprise that Mick again turned to Dave when he landed the Wolves job in August, 2006. Dave boasts an extensive network of contacts at the highest level of the game in England and abroad, helped by his work as a network consultant with Nike.
KITMAN - TREVOR WYNNE
Appointed 2001
Trevor first joined Wolves as driver of the team coach, before becoming the Kit Man, the role he has now filled for seven years.
The role brings Trevor overall responsibility for all first team and development team kit, including matchdays and training.
KITMAN - STEVE MORTON
Appointed 2003
Steve first joined Wolves as security to the team at the start of the Premier League season of 2003/04.
Since then he has continued to work for the club as a team assistant.
The role is mainly focused around assisting with the kit at home and away matches at every first team fixture, while in the summer of 2011 he became a full-time kit man, taking on main responsibilities for the kit at the Compton training ground.
PA TO MANAGER/FIRST TEAM SQUAD AND MEDICAL SECRETARY - FAY VALE
Appointed 2003.
Fay joined Wolves in 2003 as assistant club secretary before moving to the football department a year later as PA to Dave Jones and the first team squad.
She has since carried out the same job for Glenn Hoddle and now Mick McCarthy.The duties are wide and far-reaching but generally involve ensuring the day-to-day running of the football department concerning all matters surrounding the management and playing staff.
Prior to joining Wolves Fay, who has a law degree from Wolverhampton University, worked for the FA at Lilleshall as a Child Protection Case Manager.
ASSISTANT CLUB SECRETARY - ALISON MATTHEWS
Appointed 2005
Alison joined Wolves in 2005 as assistant club secretary having spent 12 years at West Bromwich Albion.Her job at Wolves entails assisting club secretary Richard Skirrow on football related issues whilst also carrying out other duties in relation to the general running of the club.
At The Hawthorns Alison fulfilled a dual role, providing assistance to the club secretary on the football side of the business while also working as PA to the manager and first team squad.
