IPSWICH TOWN Head of Recruitment Sam Williams is leaving the club after two years to return to.
Williams worked for the Reds from 2017 to 2022, first as an Academy scout and then First Team Recruitment Analyst, before joining the Tractor Boys in April 2022. He had been recommended to Ipswich by manager Kieran McKenna and assistant Martyn Pert, with whom he had worked at United.
At the time, Ipswich CEO Mark Ashton said: “We’re got technical recruitment and data in place, we have scouts in place, but we have been searching far and wide for someone to lead that team. Martyn Pert’s been really influential in helping us with that and we’ve found that person. We are delighted.”
Williams’ new role at United is Lead Scout for 17s to 21s, focusing on the recruitment of high-potential talent in that age range. The appointment was led by Academy Director Nick Cox and Director of Scouting Steve Brown and is part of a raft of changes aimed at building a “best-in-class” department that is “fit for purpose in a post-Brexit world.
Williams will report into United’s Head of Academy Recruitment, Luke Fedorenko. The other changes to United’s Scouting and Recruitment department in the last six months are….
