1. Michael Jolley was born on 30 March 1977 and is an English professional football manager who was most recently in charge of Segunda Federacion side Velez CF.
28 Facts About Michael Jolley
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Michael Jolley holds a UEFA Pro Licence, the highest-level managerial qualification in association football in Europe.
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Michael Jolley has previously held coaching positions at five professional clubs, including Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest, Lincoln City, Crewe Alexandra and Burnley.
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Michael Jolley left the club after it was relegated to Superettan.
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In March 2018, Michael Jolley became manager at League Two club Grimsby Town before later briefly managing Barrow.
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Between 1995 and 1998 Michael Jolley attended Downing College, Cambridge, where he won three 'Blues' for representing Cambridge against Oxford University in the Varsity Football match.
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From 1999 to 2005, Michael Jolley was a fixed-income trader, first in London, then in New York; he worked near the World Trade Center at the time of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks.
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In 2002, Michael Jolley returned to England to be nearer to his family, while continuing his work in banking he moved into football coaching when he joined Crystal Palace in 2004.
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Michael Jolley's first coaching position was at Crystal Palace Academy, commencing in 2004, spending three years at Palace, during which time the academy produced players such as Victor Moses and John Bostock.
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In 2007 Michael Jolley left to take up a position with the academy of Nottingham Forest.
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Michael Jolley coached and recruited players to the University's football scholarship programme.
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Michael Jolley left his roles at Stirling and Falkirk in 2009.
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In 2011 Michael Jolley was one of 16 coaches to participate in the inaugural FA Elite Coaches Award.
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Michael Jolley then had a brief role as first team coach at Lincoln City of the Conference Premier in 2012.
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In July 2013 Michael Jolley was one of 16 coaches to complete the FA Elite Coaches Award.
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Michael Jolley was appointed senior professional development coach of the Burnley under-23 team on 7 July 2014.
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Michael Jolley spent three years in the role, during which time he played a role in the development of Cameron Dummigan, Tom Anderson, Luke Conlan, Luke Hendrie, Ntumba Massanka, Josh Ginnelly, Dan Agyei, Alex Whitmore, and Aiden O'Neill.
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In 2015, Michael Jolley gained the League Managers Association Diploma in Football Management, which covered influencing and negotiation, mental toughness and resilience, football finance, diversity, equality and inclusion, sport science and performance analytics and focused on leadership, personal development and wellbeing.
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In 2016, Michael Jolley gained his UEFA Pro Licence, from the English Football Association.
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Michael Jolley became new manager of Swedish Premier Division, Allsvenskan side, AFC Eskilstuna on 13 June 2017, after being recommended by Sean Dyche.
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On 2 March 2018, Michael Jolley was appointed as the new first team manager of EFL League Two side Grimsby Town on an undisclosed rolling contract.
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The final ten games of the season yielded Grimsby 15 points, after a winless run of over 20 games before Michael Jolley took charge and led to his nomination for EFL League Two Manager of the Month for April 2018.
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However, the next ten games were the most productive of Michael Jolley's spell at the club and by Christmas Grimsby were one of the form teams in the Division leading to Michael Jolley winning the EFL League Two Manager of the Month for December 2018 after four consecutive wins.
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On 23 December 2020, Michael Jolley was announced as the new manager of EFL League Two side Barrow, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.
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Michael Jolley was sacked by Barrow on 21 February 2021 after just seven games in the role, with the club occupying 23rd place in League Two.
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Chairman, Paul Hornby stated that the board and Michael Jolley had a differing vision on how the team should play which ultimately lead to the decision to remove him as manager.
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In January 2023, Michael Jolley was appointed manager of Segunda Division RFEF side Velez until the end of the season.
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Michael Jolley auctioned off the Manager of the Month award he received in December 2018 to raise funds for the local Fishermen's Mission.