Liam Rosenior’s coaching staff has been confirmed by Chelsea, and among those joining the new head coach is now-former U21 head coach Calum McFarlane, who had acted as interim head coach over the last two games, following the departure of Enzo Maresca. Chelsea got just one point out of those two games, but McFarlane proved himself an astute figure on the touchline and on the training ground, and he now gets to keep working at this level!
Harry Hudson has been promoted from the U18 coaching staff to
lead the U21s. Hudson, like McFarlane, had joined Chelsea just last summer. He has previously worked at Wycombe Wanderers and Brentford, and got his start in grassroots football (again, like McFarlane).
McFarlane isn’t the only familiar face in Rosenior’s coaching staff, as set piece coach Bernardo Cueva and goalkeeper coach Ben Roberts have also joined it. Cueva first joined from Brentford during the late stages of Mauricio Pochettino’s tenure while Roberts came over from Brighton & Hove Albion at the start of the short-lived Graham Potter administration. He’s stayed with us ever since, and that makes him one of our longest serving staff members (since September 2022).
Rosenior of course brought in a few of his good men as well from Strasbourg, including first-team coaches Kalifa Cissé and Justin Walker, and first-team analyst Ben Warner. Walker, a former Derby County youth coach, was also part of Rosenior’s staff at Hull City.
Everyone’s already gotten to work, with Rosenior’s first training session now in the books. And there’s certainly plenty of work to be done!
