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The role of a Sporting Director (Huddersfield Town) - Mark Cartwright #360 This video is sponsored by In-Play Online! Tag and analyse your sports videos like the professionals. All from just £10/month!Check it out here: https://in-playsports.com/software/individuals Use code YOUTUBE for an extra 10% discount!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️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/3GbHIGoThe 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 - Introduction1:43 - Mark joins and gives overview of his early days7:09 - Becoming an agent and joining Stoke City13:00 - Stoke's transfer business under Mark16:56 - The role of a sporting/technical director, working relationships24:40 - Budgets & finance28:02 - Involvement and importance of the academy31:35 - The recruitment process, agents, other staff & negotiations43:39 - Some of Mark's memorable deals45:30 - Dealing with tough times48:30 - What Mark enjoys the most about his role49:58 - Advice, networking and role models◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️CONNECT WITH ME🌎 Website: https://www.chris-gill.com 👨🏼‍💻 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisgilluk/ 🎙️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZocCdjxjdVJZjO4UNNNew 🆇 X/Twitter: https://x.com/chrisgill_UK FREE RESOURCES📋 Football CV Template – https://cvtemplate.chris-gill.com/download 📝 Cover Letter Template - https://coverletter.chris-gill.com/download 📚 Ultimate list of sports analysis/coaching books - https://books.chris-gill.com/download PAID RESOURCES🐍 Learn PYTHON for football analysis – https://courses.mckayjohns.com/courses/football-analytics-course?ref=3f7c5c ⚽️ Football Analysis Education (Gill10 for 10% off) – https://apfa.io/course/ref/chrisgill_UK/ 📊 Become a data analyst with Data Camp: https://datacamp.pxf.io/WqBZGA