The 40-year-old joins from Anderlecht, the place he served as assistant coach since March, and brings expertise of administration to O’Neil’s workers.
Burchnall started teaching on the age of twenty-two on the University of Leeds and, since he took a primary first-team function with Norwegian membership Sarpsborg 08 in 2012, has remained within the recreation since.
Leicester-born, however Burchnall continued his teaching path in Norway with Roy Hodgson’s former membership Viking, the place he was assistant coach, earlier than stepping right into a managerial seat for the primary time in 2016.
A transfer to Sweden was subsequent for Burchnall, who adopted Graham Potter as Ostersund supervisor, and he guided the membership to their second-highest ever end in 2018/19, earlier than leaving the next summer season for private causes.
Back within the UK, Burchnall took the Notts County job in March 2021 and led the Magpies to successive play-off finishes within the National League, earlier than shedding out to Torquay United after which Grimsby Town.
A leap to League One adopted final summer season, however Burchnall’s time with Forest Green Rovers was transient and he made Anderlecht his new home in March of this yr, seeing him spend six months in Belgium earlier than making the Molineux transfer.
Now, he hyperlinks up with O’Neil’s teaching workers, consisting of assistant head coach Tim Jenkins, first-team coach Shaun Derry and head of goalkeeping Neil Cutler.
