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John Coleman

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Aldershot Town · England FA Cup

1478Current Elo

411 matches tracked

Coach DNA

Playing style

direct

Style consistency

More consistent than 53% of multi-club coaches

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Club record

League results at each club since 2016, next to the same club under other coaches.

Waterford

Feb 2025 – Nov 2025 · 37 matches

1.14 points per game in Premier Division (37 matches).

Waterford with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.13 (63 matches, 3 coaches).

Line-up Elo: −43 below the league average under him, −57 under the others.

Most used

  1. P. Amond3,280' · Elo 1,306
  2. S. McMullan3,219' · Elo 1,542
  3. R. Burke2,916' · Elo 1,464
  4. C. Noonan2,745' · Elo 1,504
  5. G. Horton2,723' · Elo 1,443
  6. T. Lonergan2,562' · Elo 1,528
  7. D. Leahy2,403' · Elo 1,466
  8. J. Olayinka2,387' · Elo 1,480
  9. K. Radkowski2,153' · Elo 1,492
  10. S. Glenfield1,782' · Elo 1,254

Gillingham

Jan 2025 – Mar 2025 · 14 matches

0.93 points per game in League Two (14 matches).

Gillingham with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.29 (178 matches, 5 coaches).

Line-up Elo: −123 below the league average under him, −10 under the others.

Most used

  1. G. Morris1,260' · Elo 1,424
  2. R. McKenzie1,252' · Elo 1,706
  3. A. Little1,246' · Elo 1,633
  4. R. Hutton1,158' · Elo 1,698
  5. S. Gale1,079' · Elo 1,716
  6. M. Ehmer1,014' · Elo 1,463
  7. E. Nevitt982' · Elo 1,568
  8. A. Smith900' · Elo 1,765
  9. J. Gbode895' · Elo 1,474
  10. M. Clark805' · Elo 1,577

Accrington ST

Aug 2016 – Mar 2024 · 359 matches

1.36 points per game in League One / League Two (300 matches).

Accrington ST with other coaches, ±3 years: 1.11 (111 matches, 1 coach).

Line-up Elo: −52 below the league average under him, −126 under the others.

Most used

  1. S. McConville21,677' · Elo 1,405
  2. S. Conneely18,335' · Elo 1,238
  3. Mark Anthony Hughes16,379' · Elo 1,351
  4. J. Clark12,409' · Elo 1,926
  5. H. Rodgers10,540' · Elo 1,736
  6. R. Sykes10,445' · Elo 2,283
  7. C. Bishop10,174' · Elo 1,881
  8. T. Savin9,963' · Elo 1,499
  9. C. Johnson9,955' · Elo 1,667
  10. M. Nottingham9,243' · Elo 1,243

Players under John Coleman

Total Elo change of his own players in his matches.

Rose most

  1. in 38 matches · Accrington ST

  2. in 117 matches · Accrington ST

  3. in 94 matches · Accrington ST

  4. in 225 matches · Accrington ST

  5. in 23 matches · Accrington ST

Fell most

  1. in 12 matches · Waterford

  2. in 8 matches · Waterford

  3. in 18 matches · Accrington ST

  4. in 15 matches · Waterford

  5. B. Dack−50

    in 8 matches · Gillingham

Opponents

Their Elo change in matches against his teams (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite opponents

  1. M. Maroši portrait

    M. Maroši1622

    in 7 matches · Shrewsbury

    −93
  2. M. Pennington portrait

    M. Pennington1873

    in 5 matches · Shrewsbury

    −83
  3. C. MacGillivray portrait

    C. MacGillivray1821

    in 9 matches · Milton Keynes Dons

    −83
  4. A. Cairns portrait

    A. Cairns1557

    in 9 matches · Salford City

    −83
  5. J. Marquis portrait

    J. Marquis1434

    in 9 matches · Bristol Rovers

    −75

Nemeses

  1. A. Assal portrait

    A. Assal1827

    in 3 matches · AFC Wimbledon

    +222
  2. O. Elding portrait

    O. Elding1641

    in 4 matches · Sligo Rovers

    +175
  3. J. Tucker portrait

    J. Tucker1723

    in 7 matches · Milton Keynes Dons

    +164
  4. N. Tzanev portrait

    N. Tzanev1559

    in 3 matches · AFC Wimbledon

    +157
  5. J. Hakiki portrait

    J. Hakiki1406

    in 4 matches · Sligo Rovers

    +156

Coaches

Their Elo change in matches against him (at least 3 meetings).

Favourite coaches

  1. S. Cotterill1606

    in 6 matches · Shrewsbury

    −58
  2. D. Adams1488

    in 6 matches · Morecambe

    −55
  3. K. Jackett1411

    in 3 matches · Portsmouth

    −46
  4. S. Grayson1456

    in 4 matches · Fleetwood Town

    −42
  5. N. Wood1572

    in 3 matches · Salford City

    −38

Nemesis coaches

  1. Gerard Nash1361

    in 4 matches · Cork City

    +91
  2. L. Richardson1778

    in 3 matches · Wigan

    +69
  3. Brian Barry-Murphy1960

    in 5 matches · Rochdale

    +69
  4. John Russell1550

    in 4 matches · Sligo Rovers

    +56
  5. Joseph Martin O'Brien1577

    in 4 matches · Shelbourne

    +50

Playing style

How John Coleman'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 2 clubs (2016+).

The baseline — each polygon on the right shows how one club's style deviates from this.

direct

+0.20style consistency across 2 clubs

More consistent than 53% 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.

Accrington ST245 matchesWaterford34 matches