Career
He joined Burnley in July 2014 following the club"s promotion to The Premier League. He has previously coached at 4 professional clubs, including Crystal Palace and Crewe Alexandra Football Club where he worked closely alongside Academy Manager Dario Gradi. Between 1999 & 2005, Jolley was a fixed income trader, first in London, then in New New York
He worked close to the location of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre in September 2001.
He made a career switch into football coaching when he joined Crystal Palace in 2004. Born in Sheffield, Jolley was a youth player with Barnsley Football Club between 1989 and 1993.
During his time at Cambridge Jolley gained a Bachelor"s Degree in Economics, which was subsequently converted to a Masters Degree. Jolley"s first coaching position was at Crystal Palace Academy, commencing in 2004.
Jolley spent 3 years at Palace, during which time the academy produced players such as Victor Moses and John Bostock.
In 2007 Jolley left to take up a position with the academy of Nottingham Forest Football Club. After just over 1 year with Forest, Jolley was appointed High Performance Football Coach at the University of Stirling. Jolley coached and recruited players to the University"s football scholarship program Jolley also joined Falkirk Football Club as an academy coach.
In 2008/09 Jolley was also appointed Head Coach of the Scotland Universities Team.
Jolley gained an Master of Science Degree in Sports Coaching during his time at the University Of Stirling. Jolley left his roles at Stirling & Falkirk in 2009.
He was convicted of unknowingly having sex with a 15-year-old girl after a night out at a Stirling nightclub with friends. lieutenant was established in court that the girl had lied to him about her age, telling him that she was 19 years old, and he was subsequently cleared by the United Kingdom Government and both the English Football Association and the Scottish Football Association to continue all football coaching activity in late 2009.
In 2011 Jolley was selected as one of 16 coaches to participate in the inaugural In 2012 Jolley was appointed as First Team Coach at Lincoln City Football Club in the Blue Square Premier.
In November 2012, he left to join Crewe Alexandra Football Club as an Academy Coach. In July 2013 Michael Jolley completed the, one of 16 coaches globally to hold the award. On the 7th of July, 2014 Jolley was appointed Senior Professional Development Coach of the Under-21 Team.
