Conor Sellars

Born in Leeds,[1] Sellars, a midfielder, began his youth career at Middlesbrough and Rochdale,[1] before playing professionally in Portugal for Fão and in Iceland for Höttur.[3] He also played non-league football in England for Hallam,[1] Harrogate Railway Athletic,[4] Harrogate Town,[5] Worksop Town,[6] and Tadcaster Albion,[4][7][8] before retiring in May 2018 to concentrate on his coaching career.[9]

He has worked for Bradford City as a youth coach,[10] before being appointed caretaker manager alongside Mark Trueman in December 2020.[11][12] Their first match was a 1–1 draw away at Crawley Town on 15 December 2020, the club's first point in six games.[13][14] The club's CEO Ryan Sparks said that Trueman and Sellars had the board's full support whilst the search for a permanent manager was ongoing.[15] Their second match was a 1–0 victory at home against Cambridge United on 19 December 2020, the club's first league win in eight matches.[16][17] After the result, Truman and Sellars had a celebratory beer, and then spent seven to eight hours the next day planning for the next game.[18] Sellars later said that the players were reacting to the caretaker managers' hard work.[19]

On 28 December 2020 it was announced that Trueman and Sellars had been promoted to 'interim' managers and would remain in charge of the team for at least January 2021.[20][21][22] Sellars later spoke about being in charge for this first transfer window in January 2021,[23] telling players who might have lost their place in the first-team as a result of new signings to continue training and working hard.[24]

In February 2021 Bradford City CEO Ryan Sparks said that Trueman and Sellars were happy with their 'interim' status and were not pushing to be made permanent managers.[25] Later that month Trueman - without Sellars - was nominated for the January 2021 EFL League Two Manager of the Month award, after 2 wins and 1 draw in their 3 games that month.[26]

His father is former footballer Scott Sellars.[3]