Brent Hills

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Brent Hills
Personal information
Date of birth (1953-11-03) 3 November 1953 (age 70)
Position(s) Right back
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Kingstonian
Feltham
Managerial career
2004–2013 England Women U23
2006 England Women (caretaker)
2013 England Women (caretaker)
2014 England Women U19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brent Hills is an English football coach who is the assistant manager at FA Women's Super League team Leicester City.

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 US 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]

In May 2017, it was announced that Hills would leave his role at The FA after 15 years at the organisation. [12]

In November 2021 he was appointed assistant manager at FA Women's Super League team Leicester City. [13]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Brent Hills interview". www.womenssoccerscene.co.uk. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Hills Under 21s On A High". femaleSOCCER.net. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  4. ↑ Leighton, Tony (23 October 2006). "Akers asks England to rest Smith". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hills takes temporary charge". The Football Association. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Brent Hills takes temporary charge of England women's team". BBC Sport. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Hills to lead England on temporary basis". UEFA. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  8. ↑ Tony Leighton (16 September 2013). "Brent Hills wants permanent England head coach role". BBC Sport. Retrieved 17 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "England women: Brent Hills stays on as FA defers coach decision". BBC Sport. 9 October 2013. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "Mark Sampson appointed new England women boss by FA". BBC Sport. 6 December 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "Brent Hills and Marieanne Spacey take up new roles". BBC Sport. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "HEAD OF WOMEN'S ELITE PERFORMANCE UNIT BRENT HILLS TO LEAVE THE FA". The FA. 22 December 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "LCFC Women Appoint Lydia Bedford As First Team Manager". www.lcfc.com.
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