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.
Dominic McKay's Celtic arrival edges closer as incoming chief executive signs off from Murrayfield watching brief
dailyrecord.co.ukDominic McKay has witnessed his last Scotland rugby match at Murrayfield as his arrival at Parkhead edges closer. The highly-regarded decision maker is set to take over from retiring Peter Lawwell when his term at the SRU finishes on July 1.
He's expected to have a number of decisions to make when he makes the switch from rugby to football with a new director of football set to be installed and a manager to work under them after Neil Lennon's departure last month.
That prompted SRU colleague Mark Dodson to joke McKay has a "very full in-tray" waiting for him in the new role, although an early arrival in Glasgow has been ruled out.
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