[3] After starting his career at Leeds United, Sellars established himself in the Second Division with Blackburn Rovers where he spent six years.
He was sacked on 11 April 2014 after a "difference of footballing opinion with the current regime"[6] and fears over the club's homegrown quota.
[7] In March 2019 Sellars applied for, and was appointed to, the post of Head of Academy at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, succeeding Gareth Prosser in the role.
Sellars had been driving home from work after returning from Dubai, where he had been coaching Manchester City's youth team, when he crashed his car and killed a motorcyclist.
Sellars received a six-month suspended sentence and was ordered to do 300 hours of community service.