Mick McCarthy succeeded Paul Jewell as Town manager on 1 November 2012. On 30 June 2014 McCarthy agreed a new three-year deal with Town.
Town career[]
2012-13[]
| 2012-13 signings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Player | Previous club | Fee |
| 14 November 2012 |  Bradley Orr
|
Blackburn Rovers | Loan |
| 19 November 2012 | Tyrone Barnett
|
Peterborough United | Loan |
| 13 December 2012 | Tyrone Mings
|
Chippenham Town | £10,000 |
| 03 January 2012 |  Patrick Kisnorbo
|
Leeds United | Loan |
| 04 January 2012 | David McGoldrick
|
Nottingham Forest | Loan |
| 04 January 2012 | Aaron Mclean
|
Hull City | Loan |
| 08 January 2013 | Frank Nouble
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers | £25,000 |
| 29 January 2012 | Richard Stearman
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Loan |
| 30 January 2013 | Anthony Wordsworth
|
Colchester United | £100,000 |
| 31 January 2013 |  Stephen Henderson
|
West Ham United | Loan |
| 25 February 2013 | Reece Brown
|
Manchester United | Loan |
| 07 March 2013 | Jay Tabb
|
Reading | Loan |
2013-14[]
| 2013-14 signings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Player | Previous club | Fee |
| 01 July 2013 | David McGoldrick
|
Nottingham Forest | Free |
| 01 July 2013 | Daryl Murphy
|
 Celtic
|
Free |
| 01 July 2013 | Cole Skuse
|
Bristol City | Free |
| 01 July 2013 | Jay Tabb
|
Reading | Free |
| 08 July 2013 | Paul Anderson
|
Bristol City | Player exchange |
| 12 July 2013 | Dean Gerken
|
Bristol City | Free |
| 19 July 2013 |  Freddie Veseli
|
Manchester City | Free agent |
| 20 July 2013 | Christophe Berra
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free agent |
| 26 July 2013 | Ryan Tunnicliffe
|
Manchester United | Loan |
| 30 August 2013 | Alan Lee
|
Huddersfield Town | Free agent |
| 08 November 2013 | Stephen Hunt
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free agent |
| 28 November 2013 | Jordan Graham
|
Manchester United | Loan |
| 19 December 2013 | Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
|
Wolverhampton Wanderers | Free agent |
| 25 January 2014 | Frazer Richardson
|
Middlesbrough | Loan |
| 08 February 2014 | Paul Green
|
Leeds United | Loan |
| 27 February 2014 |  Jonny Williams
|
Crystal Palace | Loan |
2014-15[]
| 2014-15 signings | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Player | Previous club | Fee |
| 01 July 2014 | Cameron Stewart
|
Hull City | Free |
| 07 July 2014 |  Jonathan Parr
|
Crystal Palace | Free agent |
| 15 July 2014 |  Bartosz Białkowski
|
Notts County | Undisclosed |
| 31 July 2014 |  Bálint Bajner
|
 Borussia Dortmund
|
Free agent |
| 31 July 2014 |  Kévin Bru
|
 Levski Sofia
|
Free agent |
| 15 August 2014 | Conor Sammon
|
Derby County | Loan |
| 11 September 2014 | Darren Ambrose
|
Birmingham City | Free agent |
| 29 September 2014 | Jonny Williams
|
Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 27 November 2014 | Noel Hunt
|
Leeds United | Loan |
| 08 January 2015 | Noel Hunt
|
Leeds United | Free |
| 16 January 2015 | Freddie Sears
|
Colchester United | £100,000 |
| 20 February 2015 | Luke Varney
|
Blackburn Rovers | Loan |
| 27 February 2015 |  Chris Wood
|
Leicester City | Loan |
| 26 March 2015 | Zeki Fryers
|
Crystal Palace | Loan |
| 26 March 2015 | Jonny Williams
|
Crystal Palace | Loan |