| Martin Drury | |
| Birth Date: | 10 April 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Huddersfield, England |
| Position: | Left back |
| Currentclub: | Manchester United (academy coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Doncaster Rovers |
| Years1: | 2002–2004 |
| Clubs1: | Doncaster Rovers |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2004 |
| Clubs2: | → Gainsborough Trinity (loan) |
| Years3: | 2004–2006 |
| Clubs3: | Sheffield Wednesday |
| Caps3: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2006–2009 |
| Clubs4: | Gainsborough Trinity |
| Years5: | 2007 |
| Clubs5: | → Belper Town (loan) |
| Years6: | 2009–2014 |
| Clubs6: | Bradford (Park Avenue) |
| Manageryears1: | 2015–2016 |
| Managerclubs1: | Bradford (Park Avenue) |
| Manageryears2: | 2019 |
| Managerclubs2: | Bradford City (caretaker) |
Martin Drury (born 10 April 1986) is an English football coach and former player who is an academy coach at Manchester United.
Born in Huddersfield, Drury played as a left back for Doncaster Rovers, Gainsborough Trinity, Sheffield Wednesday, Belper Town, and Bradford (Park Avenue).[1] [2] He retired at the age of 28 due to injury.
After retiring as a player, Drury worked for Bradford (Park Avenue) (as both assistant manager and then manager), and also as a coach at Boston United.[1]
At Park Avenue, he was appointed manager in April 2015, replacing John Deacey.[3] He left the club in March 2016, and was replaced by Darren Edmondson.[4]
Drury joined Bradford City in 2016, initially working in their Academy. In July 2017 he became a full-time youth coach at the club,[5] and in May 2018 he became Lead Development Coach for the club's entire youth set-up.[6]
He later worked as first-team coach under both Michael Collins and David Hopkin. In February 2019, after the resignation of Hopkin, Drury was appointed as the club's caretaker manager.[7] A few days later he appointed Paul Caddis as club captain, replacing Anthony O'Connor.[8] Drury's first game in charge, on 2 March 2019, was a 5–1 away defeat against Portsmouth. After the game, Drury said that appointing a new permanent manager was a "matter of urgency".[9] Two days later, on 4 March 2019, Gary Bowyer was appointed as Bradford City manager until the end of the 2018–19 season.[10] Drury was retained by the club as a coach.[11] By August 2021 his role was 'Senior Technical and Tactical Coach'.[12] He became Head of Academy Coaching in March 2022,[13] and later that month spoke positively about the achievements of the youth team.[14]
In July 2022 he became an academy coach at Manchester United.[15]
As of November 2012, Drury was married with two sons.[16]