John Vaughan Leaves Huddersfield

Long serving goalkeeping coach John Vaughan has today left Huddersfield Town and will join Lee Clark at Birmingham City in the Championship. Vaughan has been a vital part of developing young goalkeepers at the club including Alex Smithies but has today decided he needs to move on from the terriers.

Chief Executive of Huddersfield Town, Nigel Clibbens, thanked all of Johns hard work at the club since he joined back in 2005;

"Everyone at Huddersfield Town is sad to see John leave. He has done some fantastic work both in the Academy and the First Team setups since he arrived at the Club, helping to bring many goalkeepers through the ranks. We all wish him the best in his new role at Birmingham City, where he will team up with Lee Clark again."

Simon Grayson also gave his thanks to John Vaughan along with his thoughts on employing a new goalkeeper coach at Huddersfield;

"I would like to thank John for his hard work during my time as Huddersfield Town Manager; we're disappointed that he's leaving because he's been fantastic to work with and has been a key part of a very competitive and strong goalkeeping department at the Club. We all wish him the best of luck at Birmingham."

"However this happens in football and the search now begins to find a new Goalkeeping Coach ahead of the Championship season. That specific role is such a specialist job and we'll make sure we find the right person to keep developing the goalkeepers throughout pre-season and into the new campaign."
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