Wolves hire Russ Fraser to lead women’s set-up after WSL 2 promotion | OneFootball

Wolves have appointed Russ Fraser as head of women’s and girls’ football as the club enters the professional game after promotion to Women’s Super League 2.

ExpressAndStar.com reports that Fraser, who has a decade in the women’s game, will oversee recruitment, academy development and long-term strategy while steering the transition to full-time status.

Technical director Matt Jackson said Fraser’s track record and contacts will benefit staff and players, and that his organisational experience can knit departments together. He felt the club had progressed over the past 18 months.

Fraser joined Reading in 2016 and helped the newly promoted side cement top-flight status. He moved to West Ham United two years later, where the club reached the FA Cup final in its first professional season.

He then played a key role at Leicester City, winning promotion to the Women’s Super League in his first season while overseeing another shift to a professional structure. At Liverpool, as managing director, he helped secure promotion back to the top tier in 2022.

Most recently women’s sporting director at Al-Qadsiah in Saudi Arabia, Fraser has returned to the UK to join Wolves, who clinched promotion by beating Plymouth Argyle in last month’s play-off final.

Working alongside head coach Dan McNamara, he will build a second-tier squad and lead women’s academy plans. He called the job an exciting project, said he and McNamara are aligned on recruitment, praised Compton Park’s integrated set-up and sees year one as a chance to recruit the right people.

Source: ExpressAndStar.com