Ian McMahon (born 7 October 1964) is an English footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League.McMahon worked at various professional football clubs in administrative capacities following his early retirement from the sport due to a knee injury. These included Hull City and Doncaster Rovers. He is also the author of a book detailing his season at Doncaster, called The Only Way is Up. He was also involved with Rugby clubs, such as Oldham RLFC.Following his season at Doncaster Rovers, McMahon was recruited to the Des Moines Menace, helping to establish their youth academy. From Des Moines he moved to West Michigan Edge, taking a similar stance on youth development. McMahon was then involved with the foundation of the West Michigan Fire Juniors following talks with Chicago Fire and then became head coach of the West Michigan Firewomen. McMahon then worked at Fort Wayne Fever as the chief executive officer. He later became commissioner of Women's League Soccer in 2011, where he described his job as being "to help teams grow on and off the field and help attract fans". Wikipedia