Jon Rudkin

Jonathan Rudkin (born 13 January 1968) is an English association football academy coach.

On 3 March 2026, Leicester City announced a “evolved senior leadership structure” and Rudkin became City’s Chief Football Officer. The official announcement said that 2026 marked 30 years since he had joined the Foxes. His new role involves “providing executive leadership of all football matters, ensuring long-term sporting alignment, strategic squad development and the high-performance environment required to deliver sustained competitive success”.

Previously, starting on 14 December 2014, he was the Director of Football at the club.

Since 12 June 2017, he is a board member at Oud-Heverlee Leuven. Both clubs are owned by the King Power International Group.

Leicester City Rudkin formally started at the club in 1996.

Youth roles Rudkin joined Leicester City as an academy coach in 1998 and became Academy Manager on 1 July 2003, a role he would maintain until 13 December 2014.

He grew up in Wigston, a suburb of Leicester, and was in the Leicester City youth system until the age of 16. He played for Leicester United before going onto help the youth at Leicester City on a voluntary basis. He then worked his way up to be a coach, according to Ian Baraclough and Matt Piper.

He also helped to manage the first team for three games in the gap between the dismissal of Sven-Göran Eriksson and the re-appointment of Nigel Pearson in the autumn of 2011.

Director of Football On 14 December 2014, Rudkin replaced the outgoing Terry Robinson as Leicester City's Director of Football. Silva would join the club in January 2018.

Managerial statistics

+ Managerial record by team and tenureTeamFromToRecordLeicester City (caretaker)29 August 200713 September 2007 Leicester City (caretaker)24 October 201115 November 2011Total—