Nathan Thackeray

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Nathan Thackeray
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Thackeray with the North Carolina Courage in 2025
Personal information
Date of birth (1988-02-14) February 14, 1988 (age 37)
Place of birth Burnley, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 North Carolina Courage (acting head coach)
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2010 William Woods Owls
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2006 Bradford City
2011 Corby Town
Managerial career
2011–2012 Young Harris Mountain Lions
Assistant/goalkeeping coach
2012–2016 Houston Dynamo Academy
Head of goalkeeping
2016–2020 North Carolina FC Youth
Director of goalkeeping
2017– North Carolina Courage
Assistant/goalkeeping coach
2021–2023 North Carolina Tar Heels
Assistant coach
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nathan Thackeray (born February 14, 1988) is an English association football coach who is the acting head coach of the North Carolina Courage of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

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Playing career

After playing for Bradford City in his native England, Thackeray moved to the United States to attend William Woods University in Missouri, where he played for the William Woods Owls. [1] He also played for the Kalamazoo Outrage and the St. Louis Lions during college. [2] He graduated from William Woods in 2010, receiving a bachelor's degree in communications and media studies. [3]

Coaching career

After college, Thackeray moved into coaching as the men's and women's goalkeepers coach at Young Harris College in Georgia in 2011. [4] The following year, he became the head of goalkeeping at the Houston Dynamo FC Academy, where he spent four seasons. [3] He also coached the Houston Aces when he was there. [5]

Thackeray became the director of goalkeeping for North Carolina FC Youth (then called CASL) in 2016. [6] He soon added an assistant coach role with the North Carolina Courage when the team was established in 2017, joining the coaching staff under Paul Riley. [6] In their first three seasons, the Courage won three NWSL Shields and two NWSL Championships. [5] He assumed the assistant coach role full time in 2021. [5] Following two consecutive NWSL Challenge Cup titles, he signed a contract extension in 2024. [4] He was also an assistant coach for the North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer team between 2021 and 2023. [4]

Thackeray became acting head coach for the Courage in August 2025 after head coach Sean Nahas was fired midseason. [7] He had previously filled the role in Nahas's absence on several occasions. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "NC Courage Adds Three Experienced Coaches to Staff". North Carolina Courage. April 7, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  2. ↑ Benson, Dave (June 30, 2009). "Thackeray finds way to Lions" . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Nathan Thackeray". North Carolina Tar Heels . Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Assistant coaches Thackeray and Thomson sign multiyear extensions". North Carolina Courage. January 23, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 "Nathan Thackeray Joins NC Courage Full-Time as Assistant Coach". National Women's Soccer League. December 9, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "NC Courage Adds Three Experienced Coaches to Staff". North Carolina Courage. April 17, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  7. ↑ Kassouf, Jeff (August 7, 2025). "NC Courage: 'Multiple factors' in abrupt firing of coach Nahas". ESPN . Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  8. ↑ Brennan, Clare (June 11, 2022). "North Carolina Courage coach Sean Nahas out due to COVID protocol". Just Women's Sports . Retrieved August 7, 2025.
    "Medical issue keeps NC Courage coach from Sunday's game". WRAL-TV. June 8, 2025. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
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