Simon Parker (football manager)

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Simon Parker
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-03-09) 9 March 1986 (age 39) [1]
Team information
Current team
 Southampton FC Women (head coach)
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2016–2018 Southampton Women's FC
2020–2021 Lewes Women
2022–2023 SC Uniāo Torreense Women
2023–2025 Blackburn Rovers Women
2025– Southampton FC Women

Simon Parker (born 9 March 1986) is an English professional football coach who is the head coach of Women's Super League 2 club Southampton.

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Coaching career

In 2016, Parker was head coach with Southampton Women's FC. [2] During his time at the club, he won the league title and league cup in his first season and overall had a 89%-win rate. [3]

On 17 December 2018, Parker joined Lewes as assistant. [4] In January 2020, he stepped up to become head coach. [5] On 12 October 2021, Lewes parted ways with Parker. [6]

Parker joined Portuguese club SC Uniāo Torreense as head coach for the women's team on 7 October 2022. [7] [8]

On 17 July 2023, Parker joined Blackburn Rovers Women. [9] Following the club's decision to withdraw from the Women's Super League 2 to take up a place in the fourth tier, on 30 June 2025, he left his role as head coach. [10]

Parker was appointed head coach of Southampton FC Women on 4 July 2025. [11] [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Simon Park – stats and career". Fotmob. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers Women appoint Simon Parker head coach". OneFootball. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 House, Alfie (4 July 2025). "Southampton FC Women appoint Simon Parker as new head coach". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Fran brings in Simon Parker as Assistant". Lewes FC. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bootroom update January 2020: Women's football". Lewes FC. 24 January 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Rooks part company with Simon Parker". Lewes FC. 12 October 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Simon Parker é o novo Treinador". SC Uniāo Torreense (in Portuguese). 7 October 2022. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "Former Lewes boss Parker lands head coach role at SC Uniāo Torreense". OneFootball. 7 October 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Welcome, Simon Parker!". Blackburn Rovers FC. 17 July 2023. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  10. ↑ Barnes, Dan (30 June 2025). "Blackburn Rovers Women head coach Simon Parker departs". Lancashire Telegraph. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Simon Parker appointed Women's Head Coach". Southampton FC. 4 July 2025. Retrieved 5 July 2025.

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