Claus Nørgaard
Claus Nørgaard (born 17 December 1979) is a Danish professional football coach, who is assistant head coach of club Brentford. In a nomadic career as a head and assistant coach at domestic and international level, Nørgaard has coached several Denmark youth international teams and Superliga club Sønderjyske. His move to Premier League club Brentford in December 2022 was his first role outside his native Denmark. Coaching career Early years As a youth footballer, Nørgaard grew up learning from his father Benny, who had two Danish Superliga seasons as head coach of Ikast FS in 1993–94 and 1994–95. Nørgaard followed his father to Herning Fremad, but the effects of a bicycle accident led to him quitting his playing career in order to become head coach of the club's U15 team. He moved into Vejle BK in 2003 and held various youth roles, which culminated in his appointment as head coach of the U17 team on 1 January 2008. In 2009, Nørgaard was appointed as a full-time national youth coach at the DBU and served in the role until 2012, when he was appointed to his first senior head coaching role at 2nd Division club IK Skovbakken on 3 January 2012. In