Coach Paul Heckingbottom

Name Paul Heckingbottom

Nationality England

Age 49

Birthday 1977-07-17

Place of birth Barnsley, England

Current club Preston

Matches 249

Won / Draw / Lost 74 / 73 / 102

Win % 29.7%

Points per match 1.18

Stats per club

Team	M	M+	M=	M-	Win %	PPG	G+	G-	G+/-	CS
Total	249	74	73	102	29.7	1.18	301	364	-63	61
Preston	109	29	37	43	26.6	1.14	123	151	-28	27
Barnsley	76	21	22	33	27.6	1.12	91	110	-19	20
Sheffield Utd	29	10	5	14	34.5	1.21	37	56	-19	5
Hibernian	19	10	5	4	52.6	1.84	32	20	+12	7
Leeds	16	4	4	8	25.0	1.00	18	27	-9	2

Stats per competition

Competition	M	M+	M=	M-	Win %	PPG	G+	G-	G+/-	CS
Championship	175	47	58	70	26.9	1.14	203	249	-46	42
Club Friendlies	18	7	2	9	38.9	1.28	24	25	-1	4
Premier League	14	1	2	11	7.1	0.36	11	39	-28	0
FA Cup	12	6	3	3	50.0	1.75	17	14	+3	5
Premiership	12	6	3	3	50.0	1.75	17	11	+6	3
EFL Carabao Cup	11	3	3	5	27.3	1.09	14	17	-3	3
Scottish League Cup	7	4	2	1	57.1	2.00	15	9	+6	4

Legend

M Matches

M+ Won

M= Draw

M- Lost

Win % Win %

PPG Points per match

G+ Goals scored

G- Goals conceded

G+/- Goal difference

CS Clean sheets

Only finished matches with a final score are counted.

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Last match as coach

2026-09-08 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😀

Watford

Preston 2

Coaching career

Team	From	Until
Preston	01-08-2024	present
Sheffield Utd	01-11-2021	01-12-2023
Sheffield Utd	01-03-2021	01-05-2021
Hibernian	01-02-2019	01-11-2019
Leeds	01-02-2018	01-06-2018
Barnsley	01-02-2016	01-02-2018
Barnsley	01-02-2015	01-02-2015