Brian McDermott (rugby league)

Brian McDermott

Personal information
Full name	Brian G. McDermott
Nickname	Mac, Big Mac
Born	(1970-03-16) 16 March 1970 (age 47) Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1994–03 Bradford Bulls 251 33 0 0 132 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1996–98 Great Britain 4 0 0 0 0 2001 England 1 0 0 0 0 Yorkshire
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2006–10 Harlequins RL 115 42 3 70 37 2011– Leeds Rhinos 165 107 5 53 65 Total 280 149 8 123 53 Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2015– USA 2 2 0 0 100
Source: RLP coaching & RLP playing

Brian G. McDermott (born 16 March 1970 in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English professional rugby league coach and former player. He is the current head coach of Leeds Rhinos in the Super League and the USA national rugby league team. As a player, McDermott was a Great Britain international representative forward who played his entire career at club level for Bradford Bulls, winning Super League Grand Finals and Challenge Cups with them. He began his coaching career in 2003 as an assistant at Huddersfield Giants, taking his first senior coaching role with Harlequins RL in 2006 before joining Leeds as head coach in 2010. McDermott has coached Leeds to several major trophies including the 2011 2012 and 2015 Super League titles, the 2012 World Club Challenge and the 2014 and 2015 Challenge Cups.

McDermott was a Royal Marine for five years and played amateur rugby league as a junior for Eastmoor RLFC before becoming professional.

McDermott joined Bradford Northern in 1994, where he stayed for 10 years. He played for Bradford at prop forward in their 1996 Challenge Cup Final loss to St. Helens. McDermott won a cap for England while at Bradford Bulls in 2001 against Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Bradford in 1996 against Fiji, and in 1997 against Australia (SL) (3 matches). McDermott played for Bradford Bulls from the interchange bench in the 1999 Super League Grand Final which was lost to St. Helens.