Neil Francis Lennon (born 25 June 1971) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. During his playing career he represented English clubs Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Leicester City.
Lennon moved to Scottish club Celtic in 2000, where he made over 200 appearances and was appointed captain in 2005. Before retiring as a player, he returned to England and played for Nottingham Forest and Wycombe Wanderers. Lennon made 40 appearances for Northern Ireland in nine years, scoring two goals. Lennon was appointed manager of Celtic in March 2010, initially in a caretaker capacity after the departure of Tony Mowbray.
Neil Lennon's Celtic filleting shows a boss who can barely hide his disdain for Parkhead flops - Keith Jackson
dailyrecord.co.ukDominic McKay must have some proper shaped balls about him to agree to take on the gargantuan task Peter Lawwell is about to leave behind at Parkhead.The sourcing and then appointment of a new manager is demanding enough for any chief executive, even at the best of times.And these could hardly be further from them.
Yet somehow, in the space of just a few weeks before the start of next season, McKay is also going to have to rebuild an entire first-team squad while overhauling the structure of a club and most probably identifying a director of football as well as a head of recruitment.
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