Born in Sutton Coldfield, England, Gregor Rioch started his football career as an apprentice at Luton Town, During this time he joined Barnet on loan where he made his league debut at the age of 18 in a 4–2 defeat to Leyton Orient.
Rioch played 19 games for Shrewsbury Town that got promotion from the Conference back into the Football League via the play-offs.
He spent two years as the youngest manager in Denmark at the age of 29 before returning to England in 2006 to coach Manchester City's under-17s, then their reserves.
After only a year, he left to become the academy manager of Coventry City[1] in 2007 and developed a number of talented players for the club's first team.
[citation needed] On 11 August 2023 it was announced that Rioch had been appointed as Sporting Director at Wigan Athletic, acting as the strategic lead for recruitment and all the club’s football departments.