Nick Montgomery

Sheffield United

Montgomery was born in Leeds, England. He supported Leeds United as a child and was at Leeds United's Academy for six years. He then was offered a two-year scholarship at Sheffield United. He made his first team debut for the Blades at Carrow Road against Norwich City on 21 October 2000. He subsequently established himself as a regular in the first-team where he became a mainstay of central midfield for the Blades. Montgomery had to wait until November 2001 before he scored his first goal for the club, coming in a 4–0 home victory over Birmingham City. Montgomery was an integral member of the 2005–06 squad that saw the Blades being promoted back to the Premier League. As a result of his hard work over the season, he was runner-up to Phil Jagielka in the club's Player of Year awards. During the 2009–10 season Montgomery played a main role in an injury plagued Sheffield United squad eventually winning player of the season, including scoring his first league goal for four seasons in the Blades 3–0 home victory against Blackpool in March 2010. With the club looking to reduce their wage bill, a few months of speculation followed as to whether he would leave United but he eventually signed a new three-year deal in June that year after reportedly turning down an approach from Yorkshire rivals Leeds United, despite being a lifelong Leeds fan. For the 2011–2012 season the Blades found themselves in the third tier of English football for the first time in over…

Born in Leeds, Montgomery was also eligible to play for Scotland. He made his debut for the Scotland under-21s in a 1–0 victory over Austria in April 2003, and his second and last appearance in another 1–0 victory over Croatia in November. He subsequently appeared for the Scotland "B" team which at that period was referred to as the Scotland Futures Team, featuring in a 2–0 defeat of Poland "B" team in December 2005.

Central Coast Mariners

After retiring as a player, Montgomery rejoined Central Coast Mariners as an assistant coach. He became their head coach in July 2021, and guided them to the A-League championship in 2023.

Hibernian

Montgomery was appointed head coach of Scottish Premiership club Hibernian in September 2023. He was sacked in May 2024, after the club had finished in the bottom half of the 2023–24 Scottish Premiership.

Tottenham Hotspur

On 25 June 2024, Montgomery was appointed an assistant coach at Tottenham Hotspur where he won the UEFA Europa League. On 12 June 2025, he left the club.

Nottingham Forest

He was hired by Nottingham Forest as an assistant coach in September 2025.

Beijing Guoan

On 8 January 2026, Montgomery was named the head coach at Chinese Super League club Beijing Guoan.

Montgomery has a wife, and twin daughters. He became an Australian citizen in 2017.