| STEPHENMCINTYRE | Appointed Head of Piano at VCA in 1974, who in 1989, was made director and coordinator of the Melbou |
| HIMMLER | Heinrich ... was appointed head of the German Reich's police force in 1936 |
| AVALON | ____ Sunset, released in 1989, was one of Van Morrison's most successful albums |
| TACTICIAN | Coordinator of military course artist mentioned in speech |
| UNCLEKRACKER | American singer and rapper, born Matthew Shafer in 1974, who had a worldwide hit with Follow Me in 2001 (5,7) |
| HODGSON | Roy, ex-England football manager who was appointed head coach of Watford FC in 2022 (7) |
| EMERY | Unai, Spanish manager who was appointed head coach of Aston Villa FC in 2022 (5) |
| BILLSHANKLY | Manager of Liverpool FC 1959-1974, who led them to win three league titles and the UEFA Cup (4,7) |
| NEVILLE | Phil ---, former footballer appointed head coach of the England women's team in 2018 (7) |
| CHRISTIAN | ......... Malcolm, retired Welsh athlete appointed Head Coach of the British Athletics Olympic Programme in 2020 (9) |
| DEZERBI | Roberto, Italian appointed head coach of Brighton and Hove Albion FC in 2022 (2,5) |
| LAIDLAW | Clark _ former New Zealand sevens coach, appointed head coach of the Hurricanes in 2023 (7) |
| GREENE | Maurice, U.S. sprinter born in 1974 who won four Olympic medals (6) |
| SHARIKOV | Sergey ********, Russian fencer born in 1974 who won two gold medals (8) |
| JORDI | ___ Cruyff, Dutch midfielder born in 1974 who played for Manchester United (5) |
| SILVERWOOD | Chris, ex-cricketer appointed head coach of the England cricket team in 2019 (10) |
| PATRICKVIEIRA | Former Arsenal midfielder appointed head coach of Crystal Palace in 2021 |
| SCOTTPARKER | Former England midfielder appointed head coach of AFC Bournemouth in 2021 after leaving Fulham |
| ARTETA | Mikel, Spanish former footballer appointed head coach of Arsenal FC in 2019 (6) |
| XABIALONSO | Former Spanish footballer appointed head coach of Bayer Leverkusen in 2022 |
