Joe Edwards (football manager)

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Joe Edwards
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Edwards with Millwall in 2023
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-26) 26 September 1986 (age 37)
Place of birth London, England
Youth career
YearsTeam
1994–2003 Chelsea
2003–2004 Wimbledon
Managerial career
2014–2016 Chelsea U18
2017–2019 Chelsea U23
2023 England U20 (caretaker)
2023–2024 Millwall

Joe Edwards (born 26 September 1986) is an English professional football manager who was most recently head coach of Championship club Millwall. A former Chelsea youth player, he has also had coaching positions with Chelsea, Everton and England U20s.

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Playing career

Edwards is a product of Chelsea's youth academy since the age of 8, and worked his way up their youth categories. He was released by the club at the age of 16. [1]

Coaching career

Chelsea

Shortly after being released, Edwards was approached by Neil Bath to join Chelsea's staff in 2004 at the age of 17 and started working on his coaching badges. He initially trained the U8s, and from 2006 to 2014 coached various different youth levels for the club. [2] In 2014 he was appointed the manager of the Chelsea U18s and helped them win 2 consecutive FA Youth Cups. [3] In 2016, he was appointed as loan player manager, and often went out to other clubs to track the development of different loan players, and also exposed him to different managerial styles. [1] On 6 May 2017, he returned to manage the Chelsea U19s and U23s replacing Adi Viveash. [4] In 2017, he was also part of the England U20s backroom staff that helped them win the 2017 Toulon Tournament. [5] In June 2017, he earned his pro license. [6] The following season in 2018, he took the Chelsea U23s to the semifinals for the EFL Trophy, the highest placement so far by a reserve team. [7]

For the 2019–20 season, Edwards was appointed as assistant manager for the first time under Frank Lampard. [8] He remained assistant at Chelsea after Lampard was sacked and Thomas Tuchel was appointed, and was part of the backroom staff as they won the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League. [9]

Everton, England U20s

In January 2022, he followed Lampard and was assistant manager with him again at Everton, leaving Chelsea after 27 years associated with the club. [10] In April 2023, he once more returned to Chelsea as assistant under Lampard as he filled in as interim manager.

In August 2023, he was appointed as the interim manager for the England U20s. [11]

Millwall

On 6 November 2023, Edwards was appointed as head coach of Championship club Millwall. [12] In his debut game, he led Millwall to a 4–0 win at Sheffield Wednesday, the Lions' largest away win in the second tier since 2017. [13] After a 2–0 home defeat by Sheffield Wednesday, and just four wins in 19 games, Edwards was sacked by Millwall on 21 February 2024. [14] [15]

Managerial statistics

As of 17 February 2024
Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecord
PWDLWin %
Millwall 6 November 202321 February 2024194411021.05
Total194411021.05

Honours

Manager

Chelsea U18

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  2. ↑ "Joe Edwards | A Chelsea Success Story🎥". www.chelseafc.com.
  3. ↑ Garry Hayes (28 April 2016). "Meet Joe Edwards: The 29-year-old mastermind behind Chelsea's youth team success". fourfourtwo.com.
  4. ↑ Doyle, Tom (6 May 2017). "Chelsea make development squad changes as manager Viveash departs". Evening Standard.
  5. ↑ Pasztor, David (11 June 2017). "England win Toulon Tournament, U20 World Cup double". We Ain't Got No History.
  6. ↑ Association, The Football. "FA UEFA Pro Licence graduation". www.thefa.com.
  7. ↑ Pasztor, David (23 January 2018). "Chelsea U21 3-0 Oxford United, EFL Trophy: Checkatrading up to the semifinals". We Ain't Got No History.
  8. ↑ Harbord, Oliver (5 July 2019). "Who is Joe Edwards? Chelsea's newest first team coach and why Lampard chose him". Football London.
  9. ↑ Cunningham, Sam (31 May 2021). "Meet the young Chelsea coach who helped turn Mount and James into Champions League winners". inews.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Joe Edwards". www.evertonfc.com.
  11. ↑ Association, The Football. "England men's youth team coaches appointed for 2023-24 season". englandfootball.com.
  12. ↑ "Millwall name ex-Chelsea assistant Edwards as boss" – via www.bbc.com.
  13. ↑ "Sky Bet Championship: Post-match stat pack". EFL. 11 November 2023. Retrieved 13 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Millwall part company with Joe Edwards". Millwall F.C. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  15. ↑ Fordham, Josh (21 February 2024). "Millwall sack Joe Edwards and will bring Neil Harris back for fifth different spell at club". TalkSport. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
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