| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 23 October 1991 | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sheffield United (assistant manager) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2024–2025 | Hull City (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | Sheffield United (assistant) | ||
James Oliver-Pearce (born 23 October 1991) is an English professional football coach who is currently the assistant manager of EFL Championship club Sheffield United.
Oliver-Pearce has previously held coaching positions with AFC Wimbledon, Reading, and Hull City.
In 2012, Oliver-Pearce got his first major coaching role, joining AFC Wimbledon as an academy coach. [1] Ahead of the 2014–15 season, he was promoted to assistant head coach of the U18s. [1] A year later, he became the head coach of the U16s, [1] before being appointed head coach of the U18s in 2021. [1] [2] Under Mark Robinson, he earned his place amongst the first team coaching staff. [1] After Robinson was sacked as Wimbledon's head coach, [3] Mark Bowen became interim manager [4] and kept Oliver-Pearce in his role. [1]
When Bowen returned to Reading, becoming their Head of Football Operations, [5] he brought Oliver-Pearce with him to serve in the club's first team coaching staff under Paul Ince. [6] Ince was sacked on 11 April 2023, [7] however new interim manager Noel Hunt kept Oliver-Pearce in his role, [1] [2] as did Ince's eventual replacement, Rubén Sellés, [1] [2] when he became Reading's head coach on 26 June 2023. [8] [9]
On 6 December 2024, Sellés was appointed head coach of Hull City, [10] and brought in Oliver-Pearce alongside him as his assistant. [2] [10] [11] Tobias Loveland also joined the pair from Reading as a first team coach. [10] [11] The trio began their new roles on 9 December 2024. [10] He left Hull City on 15 May 2025, when the club parted company with Sellés. [12]