Luke Williams (born 9 October 1980) is an English football coach and former non-league footballer. He is the current head coach of National League club Notts County.
| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | (1980-10-09) 9 October 1980 (age 42) | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Notts County (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Norwich City | |||
| Bristol Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Ashford Town | |||
| Bishop's Stortford | |||
| Tunbridge Wells | |||
| Tonbridge Angels | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2013 | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | ||
| 2013–2015 | Swindon Town (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Swindon Town (caretaker) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Swindon Town | ||
| 2017–2019 | Bristol City U23 | ||
| 2019–2021 | Milton Keynes Dons (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | Swansea City (assistant) | ||
| 2022– | Notts County | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Following a short career as a player in non-league, Luke Williams began coaching as an FA Skills Coach and moved on to the youth set-ups at grassroots football club Colebrook Royals in Chigwell, Essex, Leyton Orient and West Ham United.[1] Williams later became a development coach at Brighton & Hove Albion where he managed the club's U21 and reserve sides for several years.[2]
In 2013, Williams was appointed assistant manager to Mark Cooper at League One club Swindon Town, and helped the team reach the 2015 play-offs before losing to Preston North End in the final.[3] Following Cooper's departure from Swindon early the following season, Williams worked as assistant to caretaker manager-chairman, Lee Power, and Cooper's eventual replacement Martin Ling. On 30 December 2015, he was appointed caretaker manager following Ling's sudden resignation.[4] On 21 January 2016, Williams was appointed permanent manager of Swindon Town until the end of the 2015–16 season.[5] He was appointed as head coach on a permanent basis on 9 March 2016, signing a 5-year contract, after winning 6 of his 10 games in charge as interim manager.[6] On 5 May 2017, it was announced Williams had left Swindon by mutual agreement following the club's relegation to League Two at the end of the 2016–17 season.[7]
Following his departure, Williams was appointed as head coach of Championship club Bristol City's U23 side on 29 June 2017.[8]
On 14 November 2019, Williams joined League One club Milton Keynes Dons as assistant manager to newly-appointed Russell Martin.[9]
On 1 August 2021, Williams joined Championship club Swansea City as assistant head coach, following Russell Martin to the club.[10] On 18 February 2022, Williams left the club.[11]
On 14 June 2022, Williams joined National League club Notts County as Head Coach.[12] Williams was awarded the National League Manager of the Month award for October 2022, winning all six matches actoss the month as they sat top of the league.[13]
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref | ||||
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| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Swindon Town | 30 December 2015 | 5 May 2017 | 75 | 20 | 22 | 33 | 026.7 | [14] |
| Notts County | 14 July 2022 | Present | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 061.9 | [15] |
| Total | 96 | 33 | 28 | 35 | 034.4 | — | ||
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