through New York, Toronto, and Moscow, from Stirling to Leeds. The incredible career path of a young Scottish football coach, who is currently preparing Leeds United to play their fiercest rivals and his former team on Wednesday night, is not the cause of the miscalculated travel itinerary.
After Jesse Marsch was fired, Ewan Sharp remained at Elland Road and will continue to do his regular tasks behind the scenes in preparation for Leeds' Premier League trip to Manchester United while they look for their 13th permanent manager in the past ten years.
Sharp, who was hired this summer, is essential to the team's strategy and uses videos and animations to show players what the coaching staff expects of them.
The 30-year-old observes patterns and communicates with the bench while perched high in the stands during games.
Football coaches follow a road that has been rather well travelled. Sharp's path to the top has been anything from traditional. Normally, you play professionally, earn your coaching badges, and then work your way up the ladder from there.
He played for Stirling City and Stirling Albion in his youth while supporting Celtic, but at the age of 17, he moved to Philadelphia to attend Mercyhurst University where he would play college football and pursue a degree in sports business administration.
Sharp quickly realised, though, that any football career he could have wouldn't take place on the field.
In a January interview with BBC Scotland, he said, "As a player, I was sluggish. I've never been a great athlete. I was quite analytical, perhaps to my own disadvantage. I gave my own performance and every choice I made on the field a lot of consideration, which perhaps prevented me from playing freely all the time.
Although his desire to play the game may have been limited by his in-depth analysis of it, it did open up another door for him to enter the professional game.
Sharp began working with Philadelphia Union as a volunteer and helping the head coach at Mercyhurst in any way possible.
In addition to tutoring, Sharp stated, "I was also looking at film analysis." "I viewed that as a chance to set myself apart from other individuals.
From volunteer work to the Premier League
Sharp had an experienced mind on youthful shoulders, and he was focused on achieving his goals.
He travelled to Chicago after earning his undergraduate degree with honours and continued his education there, earning a master's in business administration at Northwestern University.
"Organisational leadership was given a lot of attention," he continued. "It was incredibly intriguing to put on the headgear and consider both the leadership aspect of coaching and the football aspect.
"I can use what I learned there to other areas of my life, including how things function, how to bring about change in your own life, and how to motivate change in others," the student said.
His coaching career quickly advanced as a result of the foundation he gained off the field. In 2017, he was given a position as performance analyst for the New York Red Bulls.
a quick rise in three years from volunteering to earning the MLS. And everything would improve.
One of Red Bull's star players noticed his teaching abilities. After only a brief stay in Toronto, Sharp was hired by Ralf Rangnick, who was serving in an executive capacity at Locomotiv Moscow, and soon found himself flying to Europe.
From there, he joined forces with another Red Bulls player at Leeds, in Marsch, before following Rangnick to Manchester United.
Source : https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/64547196
41.178 SRY