Coach DNA
Playing style
creative
Style consistency
More consistent than 58% of multi-club coaches
Club record
League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.
Bolton
Feb 2025 – Oct 2026 · 86 matches
1.57 points per game in League One / Championship (76 matches).
Bolton with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.76 (144 matches, 2 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +59 above the league average under him, +125 under the others.
Most used
- G. Johnston5,504' · Elo 1,938
- J. Sheehan5,466' · Elo 1,955
- E. Toal4,859' · Elo 2,022
- C. Forino-Joseph4,405' · Elo 1,907
- M. Conway4,016' · Elo 1,947
- J. Osei-Tutu3,993' · Elo 1,970
- S. Dalby3,710' · Elo 1,981
- A. Cozier-Duberry3,132' · Elo 1,971
- T. Gale2,872' · Elo 1,987
- Mason Paul James Burstow2,835' · Elo 1,923
Stoke City
Dec 2023 – Sept 2024 · 32 matches
1.34 points per game in Championship (29 matches).
Stoke City with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.20 (235 matches, 7 coaches).
Line-up Elo: −49 below the league average under him, −24 under the others.
Most used
- Bae Jun-Ho2,073' · Elo 1,860
- W. Burger1,985' · Elo 2,101
- J. Thompson1,878' · Elo 1,763
- M. Rose1,829' · Elo 1,783
- B. Wilmot1,803' · Elo 2,071
- K. Hoever1,779' · Elo 1,941
- D. Iversen1,710' · Elo 1,851
- L. McNally1,639' · Elo 1,855
- J. Laurent1,546' · Elo 1,942
- M. Manhoef1,345' · Elo 1,896
Plymouth
Dec 2021 – Dec 2023 · 108 matches
1.82 points per game in League One / Championship (94 matches).
Plymouth with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.32 (216 matches, 9 coaches).
Line-up Elo: +78 above the league average under him, −30 under the others.
Most used
- J. Houghton7,112' · Elo 1,681
- J. Edwards7,069' · Elo 1,828
- M. Cooper6,094' · Elo 2,022
- D. Scarr5,961' · Elo 1,930
- J. Wilson5,936' · Elo 1,453
- R. Hardie5,603' · Elo 1,781
- M. Gillesphey5,491' · Elo 1,829
- A. Randell5,052' · Elo 1,916
- B. Mumba4,986' · Elo 1,884
- D. Mayor4,202' · Elo 1,406
Players under Steven Schumacher
Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.
Rose most
- A. Randell+648
in 80 matches · Plymouth
- N. Lonwijk+605
in 41 matches · Plymouth
- T. Gale+602
in 52 matches · Bolton
in 41 matches · Bolton
- B. Mumba+422
in 68 matches · Plymouth
Fell most
- A. Morley−146
in 40 matches · Bolton
in 17 matches · Plymouth
- B. Gibson−67
in 5 matches · Stoke City
- G. Jones−63
in 13 matches · Bolton
- G. Thomason−61
in 17 matches · Bolton
Opponents
Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite opponents
−80W. Aimson1781
in 6 matches · Wigan
−64J. Knight1915
in 4 matches · Bristol City
−58A. May1760
in 7 matches · Huddersfield
−56A. Baldwin1888
in 6 matches · Bradford
−56S. Seddon1728
in 4 matches · AFC Wimbledon
Nemeses
+196J. Taylor1841
in 4 matches · Wigan
+150Jonathan Bland1791
in 3 matches · Barnsley
+96F. Ojo1536
in 4 matches · Port Vale
+93C. Rushworth2177
in 4 matches · Swansea
+82C. McCarthy1686
in 3 matches · Northampton
Coaches
Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).
Favourite coaches
- −53
Michael Carrick2301
in 3 matches · Middlesbrough
- −48
G. Alexander1838
in 5 matches · Bradford
- −44
R. Lowe1708
in 5 matches · Wigan
- −38
Karl Robinson1766
in 3 matches · Oxford United
- −36
R. Wellens1803
in 4 matches · Leyton Orient
Nemesis coaches
- +67
C. Hourihane1793
in 3 matches · Barnsley
- +39
Darren Ferguson1885
in 4 matches · Peterborough
- +32
M. Robins1999
in 4 matches · Stoke City
- +25
M. Duff1867
in 7 matches · Wycombe
- +23
D. Moore1732
in 5 matches · Port Vale
Playing style
How Steven Schumacher's teams play vs league-season peers (2016+)
Descriptive — how a coach's teams play, not how good they are.
Career average
One shape blending all 3 clubs (2016+).
The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.
+0.24style consistency across 3 clubs
More consistent than 58% of multi-club coaches.
A high score means the same playing style travels from club to club — well above the random-coach baseline (-0.01), so it's a signature, not the squads.
Plymouth105 matches
Bolton83 matches
Stoke City32 matches