After holding a variety of positions he served as Wolves' manager for thirteen games during their Premier League relegation in 2012.

Connor scored on his senior debut for Leeds United aged 17, in a 1–0 win over West Bromwich Albion on 17 November 1979.

He failed to make much impact at Bristol City, playing just 16 times and scoring once; he was also briefly loaned back to Swansea in autumn 1992.

[9] After John Ward moved to become assistant manager at Wolverhampton Wanderers, he recruited Connor to their coaching staff in August 1999.

[11] In February 2012, he was given the role of manager by Wolves until the end of the current season, after the sacking of Mick McCarthy.

[20] It was agreed that he would return to his position as assistant manager following Solbakken's appointment,[21] but he departed after just four games of the new season.

[24] On 25 November 2018, the FAI announced that Terry Connor would be the assistant coach of the Republic of Ireland for their upcoming European Championships 2020 campaign, joining Mick McCarthy.

[25] After his role with the Republic of Ireland, he followed McCarthy back into club football and worked on the coaching staff at APOEL, Cardiff City and then Blackpool.