Brent Hills
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 3 November 1953 | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Kingstonian | |||
| Feltham | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2013 | England Women U23 | ||
| 2006 | England Women (caretaker) | ||
| 2013 | England Women (caretaker) | ||
| 2014 | England Women U19 | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Brent Hills is an English football coach, who is currently FA Head of Women's Elite Development.
Career
Hills played non-league football for Kingstonian and Feltham, as a right back.[1]
He trained as a PE teacher and was also a college lecturer, before coaching in England and the United States at Brentford, Millwall, Fulham, Watford and Chapman University.[1] Hills was responsible for starting the first female football academy in 1998 at Southwark College.[2]
In February 2002 Hills was appointed the first full-time assistant coach to the England women's national football team. When England reintroduced an under-21 team in 2004, national coach Hope Powell put Hills in charge of it.[3] He took the senior team to Aalen for a 5–1 friendly defeat to Germany in October 2006, when Powell was recovering from a hip operation.[4]
He became caretaker manager of the England women's national team on 23 August 2013, after Powell was sacked by The Football Association (FA). He will take charge of England's opening qualification matches for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.[5][6][7]
In September 2013 Hills spoke about his desire to become the team's permanent manager.[8]
In October 2013 the FA delayed announcing who would have the job on a permanent basis,[9] and in December 2013 Mark Sampson was appointed to the position.[10] Hills was subsequently named head of women's elite development.[11]
References
- 1 2 "Brent Hills". The Football Association. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ↑ "Brent Hills interview". www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk. 6 August 2006. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Hills Under 21's On A High". femaleSOCCER.net. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ Leighton, Tony (23 October 2006). "Akers asks England to rest Smith". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
- ↑ "Hills takes temporary charge". The Football Association. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ↑ "Brent Hills takes temporary charge of England women's team". BBC Sport. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ↑ "Hills to lead England on temporary basis". UEFA. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ↑ Tony Leighton (16 September 2013). "Brent Hills wants permanent England head coach role". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
- ↑ "England women: Brent Hills stays on as FA defers coach decision". BBC Sport. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ↑ "Mark Sampson appointed new England women boss by FA". BBC Sport. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
- ↑ "Brent Hills and Marieanne Spacey take up new roles". BBC Sport. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.