11 Facts About Connor Sellars

Conor Joseph Sellars was born on 15 January 1992 and is an English football coach and former player who is the under-23 lead professional development phase coach at Hull City.

Connor Sellars has worked for Bradford City as a youth coach, before being appointed caretaker manager alongside Mark Trueman in December 2020.

The club's CEO Ryan Sparks said that Trueman and Connor Sellars had the board's full support whilst the search for a permanent manager was ongoing.

Connor Sellars later said that the players were reacting to the caretaker managers' hard work.

On 28 December 2020 it was announced that Trueman and Connor Sellars had been promoted to 'interim' managers and would remain in charge of the team for at least January 2021.

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Connor Sellars later spoke about being in charge for this first transfer window in January 2021, telling players who might have lost their place in the first-team as a result of new signings to continue training and working hard.

In February 2021 Bradford City CEO Ryan Sparks said that Trueman and Connor Sellars were happy with their 'interim' status and were not pushing to be made permanent managers.

Later that month Trueman and Connor Sellars were nominated for the January 2021 EFL League Two Manager of the Month award, after 2 wins and 1 draw in their 3 league games that month.

In May 2021, after a dip in the team's form which saw them lose 5 matches in a row, Connor Sellars said that he and Trueman would get out of their slump and that they had done their job in guiding the club away from relegation.

Connor Sellars left Bradford City on 18 June 2021, after 7 years with the club, although the club said they would still fund Connor Sellars' UEFA Pro license coaching course.

In February 2021 Connor Sellars said that he is influenced by foreign coaching styles, including the Italian football he watched as a child and the time he spent as a player in Portugal and Iceland.