Saints confirm further senior appointments at Staplewood
Southampton Football Club is pleased to confirm two further senior appointments at Staplewood Campus, with Mark Bitcon joining as Director of Performance and Darren Mowbray as Head of Recruitment.
Bitcon moves to Saints from England Rugby, where he has been Head of Athletic Performance and Innovation for the past two years, working across both the men’s and women’s programmes. He previously spent four years as Director of Performance Services at Manchester City’s academy and prior to that held similar roles at Wigan Warriors and across international sport.
He will oversee all performance areas including science, medicine, psychology and performance analysis at Southampton and across all Sport Republic teams.
Mowbray arrives from Aberdeen, having joined the Scottish Premier League side – who finished third in this season’s table – as Head of Recruitment in 2021. Prior to that, he held senior roles at Burnley, Middlesbrough and Leeds.
Bitcon and Mowbray will join the club later this summer, with Mowbray serving his notice at Aberdeen until 1st July. They will both work as part of the team under incoming Director of Football Jason Wilcox.
