The role of a Sporting Director (Huddersfield Town) - Mark Cartwright #36

I was very grateful to welcome Mark Cartwright to the channel for this video. Mark is the current sporting director at Championship side, Huddersfield Town, having held a similar role at Stoke City, as well as some time over in the US. Mark spent time as a professional player, a coach and as an agent and now oversees the whole of the football department at Huddersfield Town. I ask him about his duties, what really goes down during a transfer, and plenty in between. Timestamps below: Belonging (Owen Eastwood) - https://amzn.to/3GbHIGo The McKinsey article that Mark mentions at the end is here: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/consumer-packaged-goods/our-insights/the-value-pitch-the-importance-of-team-value-management Thanks for watching! ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ 0:00 - Introduction 1:43 - Mark joins and gives overview of his early days 7:09 - Becoming an agent and joining Stoke City 13:00 - Stoke's transfer business under Mark 16:56 - The role of a sporting/technical director, working relationships 24:40 - Budgets & finance 28:02 - Involvement and importance of the academy 31:35 - The recruitment process, agents, other staff & negotiations 43:39 - Some of Mark's memorable deals 45:30 - Dealing with tough times 48:30 - What Mark enjoys the most about his role 49:58 - Advice, networking and role models ◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️ USEFUL LINKS 💻 Video Analysis Software - https://www.in-playsports.com/software/individuals ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Use code Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Get FREE sports data by learning web scraping – https://mckay-s-site.thinkific.com/?ref=3f7c5c FREE RESOURCES 📝 My downloadable CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📚 The ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download MY OTHER SOCIALS 🌍 My Website – https://www.chris-gill.com 🆇 X/Twitter – https://www.twitter.com/chrisgill_UK 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk