Steve McClaren, Middlesbrough manager and England Coach.
McClaren's formula
Saturday, 02 July 2005.
Steve McClaren believes his participation on The FA-run UEFA Pro Licence course could help England at the 2006 World Cup Finals.
Middlesbrough manager McClaren is also a key part of the Three Lions set-
up as a coach under Sven-Goran Eriksson.
And, qualification permitting, he will be hoping to help guide England to World Cup glory in Germany next summer.
But for now, McClaren has been studying at Warwick University for his UEFA Pro badge in the build-up for what is bound to be a busy 12 months for club and country.
"I think the whole course is important for anyone who wants to be successful and anyone who wants to get on and improve," he says.
"If it helps me that one or two percent it is bound to help other people and hopefully that will be with Middlesbrough next year and with England in 2006.
"No matter what business or sport you are in, I think training is important and I think The FA have always backed the courses. I have always gone on them and I am courses-daft because there will always be one or two things you 
can take away.
"This course, which is the ultimate and the one everyone aspires to, is very good. I have been doing it over the course of two years and it has been very worthwhile.
"There is so much out there, you can't stop learning. If you do stop you are standing still and if you are standing still in football you are going backwards.
"If I can add one or two percent on top of what I am already doing that must improve me as a manager. I have been very fortunate to have the right experiences and have moved up the ladder, but I have been helped along the way by all these courses."
McClaren and Bolton's Sam Allardyce, who has also been studying on the Warwick course, were the highest-placed English managers in the Premiership last season.
And although there is much debate about the influx of foreign coaches into England, the Middlesbrough boss believes our top coaches can learn a lot from them and then recreate their success.
"I think you do look at foreign coaches and there are a lot coming into our game. But when you look at their calibre they are the top in their country and 
are winning championships and European Cups," he explains.
"I think that is only good for the game to have those people coming into the country so we can look and learn from them.
"It's really a case of one of the top English managers breaking through the mould and winning things and getting the opportunity to manage a big club.
"I think once that happens it will change. The world has become smaller and people at the very top can move around the globe and gain experiences.
"The foreign coaches have had greater success here than the young English managers coming through, but we just have to get the breakthrough and that is what we are responding to."