18 Facts About Paul Warne

Paul Warne was born on 8 May 1973 and is an English professional football manager and former player who most recently managed Derby County.

In 2004, Paul Warne had a short loan spell at Mansfield Town.

In September 2022, Paul Warne left Rotherham to takeover at League One Derby County as head coach.

Paul Warne was born in Norwich, Norfolk and is a supporter of Norwich City.

Paul Warne started playing non-League football for Great Yarmouth Town, before moving onto Diss Town, with whom he won the FA Vase in 1994.

Paul Warne subsequently signed a one-year contract with the Millers, scoring on his debut on the opening day against Accrington Stanley.

Paul Warne signed a one-year contract extension in June 2010.

Paul Warne joined the coaching staff at Rotherham in May 2012 upon his retirement from professional football.

In November 2012, Paul Warne was granted a testimonial by Rotherham United for giving the club many years of service including as player, coach and joint caretaker-manager.

On 28 November 2016, after the resignation of Kenny Jackett, Paul Warne was appointed caretaker manager of Rotherham United.

On 5 April 2017, with Rotherham's relegation from the Championship confirmed Paul Warne was appointed permanent manager of the club on a one-year rolling contract.

Paul Warne was officially announced by Derby County as their new head coach on a four-year deal on 22 September 2022, after The Rams agreed a compensation package with Rotherham for Warne, alongside Assistant Head Coach Richie Barker, First Team Coach Matt Hamshaw, and First Team Goalkeeper Coach Andy Warrington.

Form collapsed after this and Paul Warne oversaw just six wins in the final 18 games as Derby finished the season in 7th place, the joint lowest league finish in the club history, and missed out on a playoff place by one place and point.

Derby suffered a spate of injuries in first two months of the season and after the first 11 games of the League One season, found themselves in 9th place and 10 points behind leaders Portsmouth, Paul Warne said the club were behind their target and demanded improvement from squad on 11 October 2023.

Paul Warne ended 2023 with a nine-game unbeaten league run, winning eight of these matches which moved Derby up to 4th place in the table and two points off the automatic promotion places.

In early 2024 Derby found themselves in second place in the table but in February 2024, after Derby's first back-to-back league defeats at Barnsley and at home to Charlton Athletic, Paul Warne warned his players that they needed to improve if they wanted to stay in the automatic promotion places.

On 7 November 2024, following the dismissal of Mark Robins at Coventry City, Paul Warne became the longest serving active manager of the teams of the EFL Championship.

On 7 February 2025, the club released a statement announcing Paul Warne had been relieved of his duties, having lost his last 7 games in a row, with Derby sat in 22nd place, 2 points from safety, club owner David Clowes stated "no fan should ever forget his contribution", however he felt relieving Paul Warne of his duties would be the best way to help the club retain Championship status.