Neil Dewsnip
Neil David Dewsnip is an English football coach who is Technical Director of Plymouth Argyle.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil David Dewsnip[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Whiston, England | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Plymouth Argyle (Technical Consultant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Liverpool | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2019 | England U18 | ||
| 2015 | England U17 | ||
| 2017 | England U20 | ||
Dewsnip had been a youth player at Liverpool and later worked as a teacher at a number of schools before becoming a coach. He worked with Everton's Academy for 17 years before beginning work with the England national youth teams in 2013, leaving that role in 2019 to join Plymouth Argyle.
Early and personal life
Dewsnip was born in Whiston.[2]
His father Jim worked as a coach at Liverpool under manager Bill Shankly.[2]
Playing and teaching career
Dewsnip was a youth player at Liverpool.[2] His father "realised that he would not make the grade as a professional and so he steered him towards the academic route".[2] Dewsnip trained as a PE teacher, attending the Carnegie College of Physical Education for four years,[2] which later became part of Leeds Beckett University.[3]
He began his teaching career in 1983 at Broad Oak High School in Bury, teaching there for a year-and-a-half.[4] He later taught at New Heys Comprehensive School, where two of his former pupils, Karl Robinson and Jim Bentley, would later become managers in the Football League.[2] He also taught at Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School in Liverpool, and taught future professional footballer Steven Gerrard.[2]
Coaching career
Dewsnip worked at the Everton Academy for 17 years, leaving in July 2013 to work for the Football Association, initially as the technical lead for the England under-17 to under-21 teams.[5] He was working as the under-18 team manager by September 2014.[4] Whilst still under-18 manager, he managed the under-17 team at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup following the departure of John Peacock.[2] Whilst still the under-18 manager, he also managed the under-20s at the 2017 Toulon Tournament.[6]
In August 2019 he became Technical Director of Plymouth Argyle.[7][8]
In August 2021 Dewsnip was part of the backroom coaching and mentoring team for the Canada women's team that won Gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.[9][10]
References
- "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: Squad list, Canada" (PDF). FIFA. 7 July 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- Hytner, David (13 October 2015). "Neil Dewsnip has his sights set on World Cup glory with England U17s". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "Carnegie School of Sport: Our Heritage". Leeds Beckett University. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "England Under-18s coach Neil Dewsnip hopes to revive "happy memories" on his Bury return". Bolton News. 5 September 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- O'Keefe, Greg (24 July 2013). "Everton FC coach Neil Dewsnip calls time on 17 years at Goodison to take up England youth role". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "Dewsnip ready for Toulon test". The Football Association. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- "Neil Dewsnip's In". www.pafc.co.uk.
- Errington, Chris (21 August 2019). "Former England under-18 head coach Neil Dewsnip takes up Argyle post". plymouthherald.
- "Dewsnip Heads to the Olympics | Plymouth Argyle - PAFC". www.pafc.co.uk. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- "Football DEWSNIP Neil - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.