and replacement Ruud Gullit decided to bring in his own coach. When John Barnes was appointed as head coach of Celtic on 8 June 1999, he appointed McDermott as assistant head coach alongside Eric Black, before they were all sacked following the Scottish Cup defeat by Inverness Caledonian Thistle in February 2000. In 2005, McDermott returned to Newcastle after he was recruited by manager Graeme Souness to work as a coach. After the sacking of Souness in February 2006, McDermott stayed on under managers Glenn Roeder, Sam Allardyce and Keegan once again. When Keegan quit in September 2008, McDermott also left along with Adam Sadler. On 19 December 2008, McDermott was named assistant manager of League One side Huddersfield Town, effectively becoming Lee Clark's right-hand man. Following the sacking of Clark in February 2012, McDermott was also sacked. In June 2012 he joined Birmingham City as Clark's assistant. On 17 February 2014, it was widely reported that he and first-team coach Derek Fazackerley had left Birmingham; the club stated they had "no comment to issue on the matter at this moment in time". Personal life McDermott's sons Neale and Greg also played football, formerly on the books of Gateshead F.C. He also has a daughter Rachel. . On 22 August 2021, he announced that he had been diagnosed with dementia. Career statistics Club Managerial statistics Honours Newcastle United Texaco Cup: 1973–74 Anglo-Italian Cup: 1973 Liverpool Football League First Division: 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82 Football League Cup: 1980–81, 1981–82 FA Charity Shield: 1976, 1977 (shared), 1979, 1980 European Cup: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81 UEFA Cup: 1975–76 UEFA Super Cup: 1977 APOEL Nicosia Cypriot First Division: 1985–86 Cypriot Super Cup: 1986 Individual First Division Goal of the Season: 1976–77 PFA First Division Team of the Year: 1979–80 PFA Players' Player of the Year: 1979–80 FWA Footballer of the Year: 1979–80 European Cup Top Scorer: 1980–81 References Bibliography External links Official Liverpool F.C. profile Profile at LFChistory.net Newcastle career, and links to other career sections, at Sporting-heroes.net 1951 births APOEL FC players Bury F.C. players England international footballers England under-23 international footballers England under-21 international footballers England B international footballers English expatriate footballers English footballers Premier League managers UEFA Euro 1980 players 1982 FIFA World Cup players Association football midfielders League of Ireland players Cork City F.C. players Liverpool F.C. players Living people English people of Irish descent People from Kirkby Newcastle United