8 September 2009, playing for 30 minutes as a substitute. He played his first full game in a 1–0 win over Barwell reserves on 13 October, and scored the match-winning penalty. Manager Nigel Pearson, however, said on 26 November that Clemence would not be rushed back into the first team, adding he wanted him to be "absolutely spot on" before returning. He returned to training intermittently with the squad in early December. On Easter Monday 2010 however, Clemence announced his retirement from football after failing to fully recover from his heel injury, and he was released by Leicester at the end of the season. After playing In the summer of 2010, Clemence joined Steve Bruce's staff at Sunderland as a development coach with the reserve team. Bruce was the manager who signed him for Birmingham City. On 2 July 2012, it was announced that Clemence had taken up the post of reserve-team manager at Hull City, again under Bruce. In October 2016, Clemence left Hull City and reunited with Bruce again, this time as Aston Villa's first-team coach. On 3 October 2018, Bruce, Colin Calderwood, Steve Agnew, Gary Walsh and Clemence himself, were all fired. On 2 January 2019, Sheffield Wednesday announced the appointment of Steve Bruce as the club's head coach from 1 February 2019. Long-time coaching associates Clemence and Agnew would be in charge of the team until his arrival, from which point Clemence functioned as first-team coach. He resigned on 15 July to accept the position of head coach of Premier League club Newcastle United, where he was again accompanied by Clemence and Agnew. After Bruce left by mutual consent in October 2021 following a change of ownership, Clemence and Agnew remained in post for a further month until a new permanent manager was appointed. Bruce was named manager of West Bromwich Albion in February 2022, and Clemence and Agnew became his assistants. When Bruce was sacked eight months later, his staff left with him. International career Clemence was capped by the England national under-18 team, scoring two goals in seven appearances, between 1995 and 1996. He was capped once by the under-21 team, as a substitute in a 2–0 away win over Sweden on 4 September 1998. He was eligible to play for Northern Ireland through his Northern Ireland-born grandmother. Clemence rejected the chance to represent the country in both May and July 2004, a decision