Town Coach Grant Named Huddersfield Boss
Wednesday, 28th May 2025 16:45

Blues first-team coach Lee Grant has been named the new manager of League One Huddersfield Town.

News that the 42-year-old was among those being considered to take over as boss of the Terriers broke at the weekend with talks having continued over the last couple of days.

“First and foremost, it’s an incredible honour to be manager of Huddersfield Town,” Grant told the West Yorkshire side’s official website.

“This is an exciting time to be joining the club and there is so much potential and opportunity for us going forward, and I couldn’t be more motivated to play my part in that journey.

“I’d like to thank chairman Kevin Nagle and CEO Jake Edwards for giving me their trust, and I hope to repay that with time as we head into the summer and season ahead.

“I have a clear idea of what I want my Town team to look like and how I want us to play. My priority is to not only win, but give our amazing supporters a side that they’re proud to represent them and excited to watch.

“Our goals and ambitions are clear, and there is much hard work that needs to take place in order to put us in a position to succeed. That process begins today.”

Terriers owner and chairman Nagle added: “Having been through a full and complete recruitment process, we couldn’t be happier to appoint Lee as Manager and confident with the decision we have made.

“Each time I have met with Lee and discussed the club, he has presented detailed ideas, been passionate about the way he has described his way of playing football and shown a desire to succeed and take on this opportunity that propelled him beyond other candidates.

“Throughout our due diligence, it was clear how impressive Lee’s coaching work was, and his reputation couldn’t have been higher with everyone who has crossed his path. Playing his part in successful teams both on and off the pitch over the course of his career to date, that’s a habit we believe he will be well positioned to continue at Town.

“We will support Lee and work together to build a team to help us achieve our goals this season, and beyond. His values and ambition aligns with our own, and I look forward to seeing him lead our first team into another important campaign ahead.”

Blues boss Kieran McKenna told Town site: “We wish Lee the very best with the next step in his career.

“Lee has been a big part of our success in recent seasons and has developed fantastically as a coach during his time here. He deserves this managerial opportunity at Huddersfield.

“At the club we will continue to grow our infrastructure and develop our backroom staff in what is an exciting time for Ipswich Town.”

Huddersfield, whose drop into League One was confirmed by the 2-0 defeat at Portman Road which saw Town win a place in the Premier League a year ago, sacked Michael Duff in March and put academy manager Jon Worthington in charge for the remainder of the season. They ended the campaign 10th in the table.

Grant joined the Town coaching staff in May 2022 having ended his playing career at Manchester United, where he had worked with McKenna and his assistant Martyn Pert.

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FromIpswichToPhoenix added 16:46 - May 28 Congrats, Lee. Always good to see people moving up.
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BeachBlue added 16:48 - May 28 Here's wishing Lee Grant, all the best for the future.
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ruds added 16:50 - May 28 Natural thinning of the back room staff probably helps the overall budget. Raised eyebrows as a full coach instead of GK coach but hopefully he does well and no doubt we play them in a cup match next season.!!
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dirtydingusmagee added 16:52 - May 28 Good luck Lee ,
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Cookieboy added 17:02 - May 28 Wouldn't really know how good he is. Time will tell
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portman_blue added 17:22 - May 28 Good Luck, Lee. Good to see the Town nurturing talent.
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algarvefan added 17:33 - May 28 Good luck Lee at 'Uddersfield, thank you for your time at Town in what has been a mostly successful time.
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Gforce added 17:36 - May 28 Congratulations Lee,hope you can achieve promotion with Huddersfield. I wonder how many Ipswich fringe players he'll go in for ?
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tetchris added 17:48 - May 28 Looking forward to the announcement of who is to replace him
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blues1 added 18:04 - May 28 Ruds. For1, it isnt a thinning of the staff. He'll almost certainly be replaced. 2. He wasnt a goalkeeper coach here. Was the striker coach. Surprised u didn't know that.
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BuckieBlue added 18:04 - May 28 Taking on a mid table League One side, I wonder if our position when KMcK took over has has inspired him? (Also doesn't seem that long ago Hudd. were in top league, so they must have loftier ambitions too).
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ghostofescobar added 18:19 - May 28 Good luck Lee, and thanks for being a big part of the journey over the past 3 years.
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flykickingbybgunn added 18:36 - May 28 Always good to see a Blue do well.
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blueboy1981 added 18:47 - May 28 Maybe some if you will soon ‘Wake Up’ to what a Disaster this Season has been for our Club. Good Luck Lee in your new challenge.
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ArmaghBlue added 18:55 - May 28 Couldn’t care less about him now, as he is no longer associated with ITFC
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RobsonWark added 21:00 - May 28 Congrats Lee. We have a fantastic goalkeeper with 2 seasons of Premier League experience that you might want to make your first signing. Name is Aro Muric - Please sign him.
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algarvefan added 22:20 - May 28 Why are the same few people on here so negative about absolutely everything? Life must be such a laugh with you!
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trevski_s added 22:28 - May 28

Will be a shame to lose Lee but I am happy for him to get his first managerial role at Huddersfield (a team I'm close too as I went to Uni there). I'm sure he has picked up a tonne of tips from his time with McKenna and Town and I wish him every success and hopefully can meet in the Premier League in the future. At least he didn't go to Norwich like I saw some rumours for

trevski_s added 22:30 - May 28 Oh no wait it was Klug the Norwich rumours, my bad
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darkhorse28 added 23:40 - May 28 Good luck to him, that’s a great club, huge potential, and he seems such a hard working and ambitious coach, hope it works out for him. It’s not long ago they were a top side, and played some great stuff. Danny Ward and Ben Wiles looked quality in the championship not that long ago.
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armchaircritic59 added 23:43 - May 28 algarvefan, there are some on here who are negative about being negative, not a case of a cup half empty, nothing in it at all!
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slade1 added 06:59 - May 29 Good luck to Lee on his new venture and I wish him all the best. I have a soft spot for Huddersfield, after their fans were excellent towards us when we beat them to clinch promotion (and their relegation)
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wischip added 08:49 - May 29 Good luck, Lee. It will be interesting to see if his Ipswich experience will benefit Huddersfield. He might want to take some Ipswich Town players on loan to play in a familiar system.
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