Beverly Priestman (born 29 April 1986) is an English professional football manager who is the current head coach of the Canada women's national team.
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Full name | Beverly Priestman[1] | |||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1986-04-29) 29 April 1986 (age 36) | |||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Consett, England | |||||||||||||||
Management career | ||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||
2013–2016 | Canada U17 | |||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | Canada U20 | |||||||||||||||
2018–2020 | England U17 | |||||||||||||||
2020– | Canada | |||||||||||||||
Honours
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At age 12, Priestman signed-up for futsal in Consett, under John Herdman, who was at the time a university lecturer and a part-time football coach. Priestman graduated from Liverpool John Moores University and worked for Everton under Mo Marley.[2][3]
Priestman has coached Canada's U-17 and U-20 women's squads and was assistant coach for the Canada women's national soccer team under head coach Herdman. She coached England's women's U-17 squad, and she was assistant coach of the England women's national football team under head coach Phil Neville from 2018 to 2020.[3]
In October 2020, Priestman was appointed as the head coach of Canada women's national soccer team, leading them to the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics on August 6, 2021.[4]
Priestman is married to Emma Humphries, a former midfielder with the New Zealand football team. Their son Jack was born in 2018.[3]
Team | From | To | Record | Ref | |||||||
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Canada Women | 28 October 2020 | Present | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 052.94 | [5][6][7] |
Canada women's national soccer team – Head coaches | |
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Canada women's soccer squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – Gold medalists | ||
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Canada squad – 2022 CONCACAF W Championship runners-up | ||
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Current managers of CONCACAF women's national teams | |
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