Coaching Career
Hodgkinson moved on to professional coaching and has since worked at numerous clubs, including Rangers, Everton, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Leicester City, Sheffield Wednesday, Gillingham, Oldham Athletic, and Birmingham City, and is credited with bringing Peter Schmeichel to Manchester United. Hodgkinson worked at United for seven years before becoming Scotland national team goalkeeping coach where he tutored players such as Jim Leighton and Neil Sullivan and coaches Alex Penny and Steve McVeigh. He also had a spell as a youth goalkeeping coach at Rangers and Watford. After a spell with Coventry City, Hodgkinson moved to Rushden & Diamonds and worked with goalkeeper Billy Turley, who then later joined Hodgkinson when he moved to Oxford United. Turley left Oxford in 2010 but Hodgkinson remained to coach first-team keeper Ryan Clarke. Hodgkinson's retirement from football, at the age of 76, was announced in August 2012.
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