Club legend Kevin O'Connor joined the first-team coaching staff in December 2018.

The former midfielder had been appointed head coach of Brentford B just over two years earlier.

Inducted into the club's Hall of Fame in 2015, O'Connor made over 500 appearances for the Bees in a playing career that spanned 15 years. He spent much of that time as captain, leading the west Londoners to promotion in 2009 and 2014 before retiring in 2015.

His final touch of the ball in the professional game was the winning penalty in a League Cup shoot-out win against Dagenham and Redbridge.

O'Connor then had a spell as assistant head coach for the club’s development squad and B team before replacing Flemming Pedersen as B team head coach in November 2016.

In April 2017, his career in football was recognised by the EFL when he was presented with the Sir Tom Finney Award.