Editing Aston Villa F.C. (section)

== Non-playing staff ==

=== Corporate hierarchy ===
:Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/club/whos-who |title=Who's who |publisher=Aston Villa F.C. |access-date=11 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170715034945/https://www.avfc.co.uk/club/whos-who |archive-date=15 July 2017 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
|Executive Chairman ||[[Nassef Sawiris]]
|-
|Co-chairman ||[[Wes Edens]]
|-
|President of Business Operations
|Chris Heck<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=17 May 2023 |title=V Sports and Aston Villa announce Chris Heck appointment |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/17/club-statement/ |access-date=17 May 2023 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=17 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517165846/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/17/club-statement/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Evans |first=Gregg |date=12 June 2023 |title=Villa CEO Purslow leaves club |url=https://theathletic.com/4602564/2023/06/12/christian-purslow-aston-villa-leave/ |access-date=12 June 2023 |website=The Athletic |archive-date=12 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612083611/https://theathletic.com/4602564/2023/06/12/christian-purslow-aston-villa-leave/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Chief Commercial Officer
|Ron Erskine<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=19 September 2023 |title=Aston Villa announce appointments to Senior Leadership Team |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/september/19/villa-announce-appointments-to-senior-leadership-team/ |access-date=19 September 2023 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=6 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006154407/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/september/19/villa-announce-appointments-to-senior-leadership-team/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Chief Operating Officer
|Ben Hatton<ref name=":9" />
|-
|Vice President, Content & Digital
|Ryan Disdier<ref name=":9" />
|}

=== Management hierarchy ===

[[File:Zenit-Sevilla (6).jpg|thumb|[[Unai Emery]] was appointed head coach in November 2022.]]
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Position
! Name
|-
|Head Coach ||[[Unai Emery]]<ref name="Emery head coach">{{Cite news|date=24 October 2022|title=Villa appoint Emery as new Head Coach|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/october/24/manager|access-date=5 June 2023|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326131059/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/october/24/manager/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|President of Football Operations
|[[Monchi]]<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=16 June 2023 |title=Monchi appointed President of Football Operations |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/june/16/monchi-appointed-president-of-football-operations/ |access-date=16 June 2023 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616183625/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/june/16/monchi-appointed-president-of-football-operations/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |First Team Coaching Department
|-
|Assistant Head Coach
|[[Pako Ayestarán]]<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=4 November 2022 |title=Villa confirm Unai Emery's backroom team |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/november/04/villa-confirm-unai-emery-s-backroom-team/ |access-date=4 November 2022 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=4 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221104135122/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/november/04/villa-confirm-unai-emery-s-backroom-team/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|First-Team Coach
|[[Pablo Villa]]nueva<ref name=":5" />
|-
|Goalkeeping Coach ||Francisco Javier Garcia<ref name=":5" />
|-
|Individual Coach
|[[Rodri (footballer, born 1971)|Rodri]]
|-
|Set-Piece Coach
|[[Austin MacPhee]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 August 2021|title=MacPhee joins as specialised set piece coach|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/MacPhee-joins-as-specialised-set-piece-coach/|url-status=live|access-date=4 August 2021|website=Aston Villa Football Club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803113358/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/august/MacPhee-joins-as-specialised-set-piece-coach/ |archive-date=3 August 2021 }}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |Analysis Department
|-
|Data/Video Analyst
|Victor Manuel Manas<ref name=":5" />
|-
! colspan="2" |Performance Staff & Medical
|-
|Head of Strength & Conditioning
|Moises de Hoyo<ref name=":5" />
|-
|Performance Director || Jeremy Oliver
|-
|Lead Physiotherapist || Alan Smith
|-
|Head of Sport Medicine & Science
|Ricky Shamji
|-
|Head Psychologist
|Martin Littlewood<ref>{{cite web|last=Preece|first=Ashley|date=24 January 2022|title=Meet Steven Gerrard's new mystery man at Aston Villa|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-gerrard-coaching-staff-22850847|access-date=24 January 2022|website=BirminghamLive |archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124165507/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-gerrard-coaching-staff-22850847|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! colspan="2" |Recruitment
|-
|Director of Football Operations
|Damian Vidagany<ref name=":7" />
|-
|Global Technical Role
|[[Alberto Benito (footballer, born 1972)|Alberto Benito]]<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=22 May 2023 |title=V Sports and Aston Villa announce additions to global recruitment network |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/22/club-statement/ |access-date=22 May 2023 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=22 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522121436/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/may/22/club-statement/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Head of Recruitment
|Vacant
|-
|Head of Emerging Talents & Loans
|Adam Henshall<ref>{{cite web|date=31 March 2021|title=Villa appoint new Head of Emerging Talents & Loans|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/march/Villa-appoint-new-Head-of-Emerging-Talents-Loans/|url-status=live|access-date=3 April 2021|website=Aston Villa F.C. Official Site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413234610/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/march/Villa-appoint-new-Head-of-Emerging-Talents-Loans/ |archive-date=13 April 2021 }}</ref>
|-
|Chief Scout
|Alex Fraser<ref>{{cite web |last=Preece |first=Ashley |date=17 November 2022 |title=Meet Aston Villa chief scout who surprised Gerrard with £13m transfer |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfers-dortmund-brighton-25541681 |access-date=17 November 2022 |website=BirminghamLive |archive-date=17 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221117161921/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/aston-villa-transfers-dortmund-brighton-25541681 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Scout
|Pablo Rodriguez<ref name=":6" />
|-
! colspan="2" |Academy
|-
|Global Director of Football Development<br>and International Academies
|Matthew Kidson<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=9 October 2023 |title=Youth Development and International Academies update |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/october/09/youth-development-and-international-academies-update/ |access-date=9 October 2023 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=10 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010174130/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/october/09/youth-development-and-international-academies-update/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Academy Manager || Mark Harrison<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/06/14/new-academy-manager-appointed|title=New Academy Manager appointed|website=www.avfc.co.uk|access-date=30 September 2019|archive-date=22 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222140520/https://www.avfc.co.uk/News/2019/06/14/new-academy-manager-appointed|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Assistant Academy Manager
|Sean Verity
|-
|Under-21 Head Coach ||[[Josep Gombau]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=11 January 2024 |title=Aston Villa appoint Josep Gombau as Under-21 Head Coach |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/january/11/villa-appoint-gombau-as-under-21-head-coach/ |access-date=12 January 2024 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=11 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111170358/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/january/11/villa-appoint-gombau-as-under-21-head-coach/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Under-21 Professional Development Coach
|Dan Green<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=30 August 2022 |title=George Boateng leaves Villa Academy for Ghana role |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/august/30/boateng-departs-villa-academy/ |access-date=7 September 2022 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907114513/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2022/august/30/boateng-departs-villa-academy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Under-21 Professional Development Coach
|[[Peter Gilbert (Welsh footballer)|Peter Gilbert]]<ref name=":3" />
|-
|Emerging Talent Programme Manager
|[[Tony Carss]]<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=20 July 2023 |title=Aston Villa appoint Inigo Idiakez as U21s coach |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/july/20/-villa-appoint-inigo-idiakez-as-new-u21-coach/ |access-date=20 July 2023 |website=Aston Villa Football Club |archive-date=20 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230720221605/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2023/july/20/-villa-appoint-inigo-idiakez-as-new-u21-coach/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|Under-18 Head Coach || [[Jimmy Shan]]<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-07-12 |title=Villa appoint James Shan as Under-18 Head Coach |url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2024/july/12/villa-appoint-shan-as-under-18-head-coach/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Aston Villa Football Club}}</ref>
|-
|Under-18 Professional Development Coach ||Adem Atay
|-
|Under-18 Professional Development Coach
|Karl Hooper
|}
<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=13 November 2021|title=Aston Villa confirm backroom staff|url=https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/november/13/villa-confirm-backroom-staff/|url-status=live|access-date=13 November 2021|website=Aston Villa Football Club|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211113110506/https://www.avfc.co.uk/news/2021/november/13/villa-confirm-backroom-staff/ |archive-date=13 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Evans |first=Gregg |title=Aston Villa's new structure - who reports to whom in Project Emery? |url=https://theathletic.com/4631238/2023/06/27/villa-structure-emery-sawiris/ |access-date=27 June 2023 |website=The Athletic |archive-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627050743/https://theathletic.com/4631238/2023/06/27/villa-structure-emery-sawiris/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Notable managers ===
{{Further|List of Aston Villa F.C. managers}}
The following managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge or have been notable for Villa in the context of the League, for example [[Jozef Vengloš]] who holds a League record.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Name
!colspan="2"|Period
!rowspan="2"|Played
!rowspan="2"|Won
!rowspan="2"|Drawn
!rowspan="2"|Lost
!rowspan="2"|Win%{{efn|Win percentage is [[Rounding|rounded]] to [[Decimal|two decimal places]].}}
!rowspan="2"|Honours
|-
!From
!To
|-
|[[George Ramsay (footballer, born 1855)|George Ramsay]]
|1 August 1884
|31 May 1926
{{WDL|1327|658|414|255}}
|6 [[FA Cup]]s, 6 [[Football League First Division|Division One championships]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=League Managers Association - George Ramsay|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/george-ramsay/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=27 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927115827/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/george-ramsay/|url-status=live}}</ref> Inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref name=":1" />
|-
|[[Jimmy Hogan]]
|1 November 1936
|1 September 1939
{{WDL|124|57|26|41}}
|[[Football League Second Division|Division Two champions]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=League Managers Association - Jimmy Hogan|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/jimmy-hogan/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124170428/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/jimmy-hogan/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Eric Houghton]]
|1 September 1953
|{{nowrap|30 November 1958}}
{{WDL|250|88|65|97}}
|[[FA Cup]] winner. Inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=League Managers Association - Eric Houghton|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/eric-houghton/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124170425/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/eric-houghton/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Joe Mercer]]
|1 December 1958
|31 July 1964
{{WDL|282|120|63|99}}
|[[Football League Second Division|Division Two champions]], [[Football League Cup|League Cup winner]]<br />Inducted into the [[English Football Hall of Fame]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=League Managers Association - Joe Mercer OBE|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/joe-mercer-obe/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=21 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821051929/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/joe-mercer-obe/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ron Saunders]]
|4 June 1974
|9 February 1982
{{WDL|353|157|98|98}}
|2 [[Football League Cup|League Cups]], [[Football League First Division|Division One champions]]. Inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=League Managers Association - Ron Saunders|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/ron-saunders/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124170430/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/ron-saunders/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tony Barton (footballer)|Tony Barton]]
|9 February 1982
|18 June 1984
{{WDL|130|58|24|48}}
|[[1981–82 European Cup|European Cup]], [[European Super Cup]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=League Managers Association - TONY BARTON|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/tony-barton/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124171930/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/tony-barton/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Jozef Vengloš]]
|22 July 1990
|28 May 1991
{{WDL|49|16|15|18}}
|First manager not from Britain or Ireland to take charge of a top-flight club in England.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/134664.stm|title=Venglos first foreign coach|work=BBC Sport|access-date=15 September 2008|date=17 July 1998|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115141638/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/134664.stm|archive-date=15 January 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Ron Atkinson]]
|7 July 1991
|10 November 1994
{{WDL|178|77|45|56}}
|[[Football League Cup|League Cup winner]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=League Managers Association - RON ATKINSON|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/ron-atkinson/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124171932/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/ron-atkinson/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Brian Little (footballer)|Brian Little]]
|{{nowrap|25 November 1994}}
|24 February 1998
{{WDL|164|68|45|51}}
|[[Football League Cup|League Cup winner]]. Inducted into the Aston Villa Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=League Managers Association - BRIAN LITTLE|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/brian-little/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124171935/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/brian-little/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[John Gregory (footballer)|John Gregory]]
|25 February 1998
|24 January 2002
{{WDL|190|82|52|56}}
|[[Intertoto Cup|Intertoto Cup winner]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Milledge|first=Adrian|date=22 August 2001|title=Villa nourished by Angel delight|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/aug/22/newsstory.sport5|access-date=24 January 2022|archive-date=29 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129120543/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2001/aug/22/newsstory.sport5|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|{{sortname|Dean|Smith|dab=footballer, born 1971}}
|10 October 2018
|7 November 2021
{{WDL|100|43|20|37}}
|[[2019 English Football League play-offs#Championship final|Championship play-off winner]]<ref>{{cite web|title=League Managers Association - DEAN SMITH|url=https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/dean-smith/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=leaguemanagers.com|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124170428/https://leaguemanagers.com/managers/dean-smith/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}
<ref>{{cite web|title=Manager Stats - Aston Villa|url=https://www.managerstats.co.uk/clubs/aston-villa/|access-date=24 January 2022|website=Manager Stats|language=en-GB|archive-date=24 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124170623/https://www.managerstats.co.uk/clubs/aston-villa/|url-status=live}}</ref>