Director of Football Development at Burnley FC – Paul Jenkins #74

Director of Football Development at Burnley FC – Paul Jenkins #74This 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!◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️This episode welcomes Paul Jenkins, the current director of football development at Burnley FC. Paul spent over 20 years working at Middlesbrough FC coaching pretty much every academy age group as well as the first team. After that, and a shirt spell as assistant manager at Hartlepool FC, Paul got involved with ALK, around the time they were looking to acquire Burnley FC.Paul spent some time as the interim academy director before moving into his current role where he oversees recruitment, strategic planning and club philosophy. In this conversation we learn more about Paul’s background and get an insight into some of his current roles and responsibilities and see how he thinks about youth, scouting and data within elite football.0:00 – Introduction2:16 – Paul joins and explains coaching background14:09 – Recruiting youth from different regions18:33 – Emerging talent and player trading22:53 – Advice for scouting youth players26:20 – Getting involved with ALK and joining Burnley31:54 – Paul’s business experience32:58 – Multi-club ownership, Dundee FC35:54 – Academy manager the academy structure38:23 – The role of director of football42:03 – Who Paul works closely with45:30 – Integrating and embracing data47:40 – Head coach recruitment 53:20 – Working with Scott Parker56:00 – Has Paul had any mentors?58:13 – More advice, closing remarksRelated EpisodesJoe Savage (Sporting Director): https://youtu.be/I3wLt_wFvpYMark Cartwright (Sporting Director): https://youtu.be/TCb8L9vRxbwRudy Gestede (Head of Football Operations): https://youtu.be/EUwSB7zVfCQ#burnleyfc #boro #middlesbrough #scouting #recruitment #directoroffootball #sportingdirector◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️◽️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