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Coaching changes - Brayne left, Hylton promoted

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edited August 12 in General Charlton

Charlton Athletic can announce that James Brayne has left the club to take up a new role at Premier League side Sunderland, with Danny Hylton promoted to Set-Piece Coach and First-Team Coach.

Brayne initially joined Charlton as the club’s Individual Development Coach in March 2024 before being promoted to Set Piece Coach and First-Team Coach that summer.

Hylton joined the Addicks as Player-Coach in September 2024 before transitioning to a full-time member of the men's first-team's coaching staff following his retirement in June.

Charlton Manager Nathan Jones said: "James is a very good coach who has progressed during his time at the football club. He came in to a development coaching role with no first-team experience and we saw what he could do and took a leap of faith, and he repaid that faith and played his part in our promotion-winning season. He’s a great lad, has been an excellent part of our coaching team and he goes with our best wishes.

"It is important we always have a succession plan in place, not just with players but with staff too. We have a history of educating and promoting from within, as we did with James. We earmarked Danny Hylton a long time ago as someone we wanted in our coaching environment and someone we wanted to give more responsibility to, and he is the natural successor to James. He’s someone we know very well and has the knowledge and ability to thrive in his new role."

Comments

  • GreenWithEnvyGreenWithEnvy
    Just as we were getting going with our set pieces. Good luck to him at Sunderland and hopefully Hylts can make the step up quickly.
  • Henry IrvingHenry Irving
    That's very sudden. 

    Bryne was profiled in the handbook with the other coaches.
  • cliveclive

    Sunderland AFC is pleased to announce the appointment of Assistant Coach, James Brayne.

    Moving to Wearside from Charlton Athletic, Brayne joins Régis Le Bris’ backroom staff ahead of the 2025-26 Premier League season to lead the first-team’s set-piece coaching.

    https://www.safc.com/news/2025/august/12/james-brayne-appointed-set-piece-coach/

  • LoOkOuTLoOkOuT
    Brayne drain is inevitable once you're dealing with people who have proven they're very capable.

    I'm sure Hylton will bring some experience and nous (particularly in the dark arts) into role. Congrats Danny.
  • eaststandmikeeaststandmike
    sam3110 said:
    The fact he's been headhunted by a PL team means we were doing something right. Hope we got come compo out of them at least
    Where does it state he was headhunted?
  • SELR_addicksSELR_addicks
    eaststandmike said:
    sam3110 said:
    The fact he's been headhunted by a PL team means we were doing something right. Hope we got come compo out of them at least
    Where does it state he was headhunted?
    If we signed a player and then they were signed by a PL team, you'd think we'd/they'd done something well enough to get promoted. 
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  • eaststandmikeeaststandmike
    sam3110 said:
    eaststandmike said:
    sam3110 said:
    The fact he's been headhunted by a PL team means we were doing something right. Hope we got come compo out of them at least
    Where does it state he was headhunted?
    Well they've decided to sign him whilst he's under contract to us... I can't imagine we've let him walk for the job
    He’s an employee not a player, could be any number of reasons he wanted to leave his employment and an amicable agreement was reached 

    Much like Tracey Leaburn deciding to leave I doubt we got compensation for either of them 
  • sam3110sam3110
    eaststandmike said:
    sam3110 said:
    eaststandmike said:
    sam3110 said:
    The fact he's been headhunted by a PL team means we were doing something right. Hope we got come compo out of them at least
    Where does it state he was headhunted?
    Well they've decided to sign him whilst he's under contract to us... I can't imagine we've let him walk for the job
    He’s an employee not a player, could be any number of reasons he wanted to leave his employment and an amicable agreement was reached 

    Much like Tracey Leaburn deciding to leave I doubt we got compensation for either of them 
    I'd be amazed if a coach's contract is more like a player liaison's work contract than a footballer's contract
  • shine166shine166
    eaststandmike said:
    sam3110 said:
    eaststandmike said:
    sam3110 said:
    The fact he's been headhunted by a PL team means we were doing something right. Hope we got come compo out of them at least
    Where does it state he was headhunted?
    Well they've decided to sign him whilst he's under contract to us... I can't imagine we've let him walk for the job
    He’s an employee not a player, could be any number of reasons he wanted to leave his employment and an amicable agreement was reached 

    Much like Tracey Leaburn deciding to leave I doubt we got compensation for either of them 
    Yeah but she's not left for another club out of the blue has she, very different situation. 
  • Mendonca In AsdasMendonca In Asdas
    Its a shame, but at least its not Preston!
  • fenaddickfenaddick
    Just great to have had someone at the club who seems to be PL standard, we tend to promote from within so wonder if Hylton’s replacement will come from the academy 
  • mendoncamendonca
    Thanks and congrats on your move, Brayne.

    You could make a case for Lloyd Jones being our set piece coach in both boxes!
  • eaststandmikeeaststandmike
    sam3110 said:
    eaststandmike said:
    sam3110 said:
    eaststandmike said:
    sam3110 said:
    The fact he's been headhunted by a PL team means we were doing something right. Hope we got come compo out of them at least
    Where does it state he was headhunted?
    Well they've decided to sign him whilst he's under contract to us... I can't imagine we've let him walk for the job
    He’s an employee not a player, could be any number of reasons he wanted to leave his employment and an amicable agreement was reached 

    Much like Tracey Leaburn deciding to leave I doubt we got compensation for either of them 
    I'd be amazed if a coach's contract is more like a player liaison's work contract than a footballer's contract
    I wasn’t comparing his role to Tracey’s, more the circumstances around them both leaving.

    We will have to agree to disagree but I personally don’t think we would have received compensation for him 
  • robroyrobroy
    I do think first team coaches are very different to just an employee, they probably had to pay the remainder of his contract up or the release clause. Will be peanuts though. 
  • bobmunrobobmunro
    edited August 12
    robroy said:
    I do think first team coaches are very different to just an employee, they probably had to pay the remainder of his contract up or the release clause. Will be peanuts though. 

    No.

    Head Coach/Manager are on different contracts, these may be based on LMA templates as a start point although that isn't always the case. In my experience, other coaches within the first team or academy set-ups are routinely on a standard Contract of Employment.
  • Mendonca In AsdasMendonca In Asdas
    edited August 12
    Would love to know over the course of a season what percentage / how many of our goals are scored from set pieces?
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  • DOUCHERDOUCHER
    I’d say it’s more a case of making room for Hilton rather than the other way round but I’m only guessing 
  • DOUCHERDOUCHER
    edited August 12
    fenaddick said:
    DOUCHER said:
    I’d say it’s more a case of making room for Hilton rather than the other way round but I’m only guessing 
    Yes we asked Sunderland to take one of our coaches so that Hylton (who was already a coach) could take his role
    Hylton was employed as a player coach and is now a full time coach so presumably has more time on his hands than last season, smarty pants 
  • fenaddickfenaddick
    DOUCHER said:
    fenaddick said:
    DOUCHER said:
    I’d say it’s more a case of making room for Hilton rather than the other way round but I’m only guessing 
    Yes we asked Sunderland to take one of our coaches so that Hylton (who was already a coach) could take his role
    Hylton was employed as a player coach and is now a full time coach so presumably has more time on his hands than last season, smarty pants 
    But we all know he was mainly a coach, he was  often seen at away games going up to do the video analysis. He played 2 hours of football for us over the season. I get that he had to train etc. too but he was mainly a coach and we are now one staff member down however you look at it
  • Charlton and onCharlton and on
    Joining a prem team that's likely to get relegated might be a very short-term move.
  • PaddyP17PaddyP17
    bobmunro said:
    robroy said:
    I do think first team coaches are very different to just an employee, they probably had to pay the remainder of his contract up or the release clause. Will be peanuts though. 

    No.

    Head Coach/Manager are on different contracts, these may be based on LMA templates as a start point although that isn't always the case. In my experience, other coaches within the first team or academy set-ups are routinely on a standard Contract of Employment.
    Yeah this is the case. My firm has done a few coaching appointments for English football clubs and very few non-playing staff outside of managers/head coaches are on FTCs in the same manner as players are.

    Release clauses in some form are more likely to exist though, to provide protection/insulation from scenarios like this, but they won't exactly be massive "transfer fees".
  • thenewbiethenewbie
    DOUCHER said:
    fenaddick said:
    DOUCHER said:
    I’d say it’s more a case of making room for Hilton rather than the other way round but I’m only guessing 
    Yes we asked Sunderland to take one of our coaches so that Hylton (who was already a coach) could take his role
    Hylton was employed as a player coach and is now a full time coach so presumably has more time on his hands than last season, smarty pants 
    Right, but that's not really the flawed part of your logic. At what point in this apparent plan to promote Hylton did anyone ring up Sunderland and ask if they needed a new assistant coach as we have a spare?
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