Ted Copeland

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Ted Copeland
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Date of birth (1940-02-22) 22 February 1940 (age 83)
Managerial career
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1993–1998 England Women

Ted Copeland (born 22 February 1940) is an English former football coach. He managed the England women's side between 1993 and 1998, leading them to a quarter-final appearance in the 1995 World Cup. [1]

Copeland spent 12 years working as a lecturer in physical education at the University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. [2] While in Saudi Arabia, he also played for and coached Ettifaq FC in the Saudi Premier League and coached the Saudi Under-16 and Under-19 National Teams. [2]

He had a spell with Hartlepool United where he was first-team coach. [2] [3]

In 1990, Copeland became the Football Association's Regional Director of Coaching for the North of England. [2] In 1993, he added the part-time role of England women's coach to his duties and remained in both posts until 1998. His successor, Hope Powell became the first full-time manager of the England women's team. [4]

He later worked as director of sport at East Durham College and was director of education services for a sports marketing company, Navigator. [5]

In August 2006, Copeland and his wife Cindy took early retirement and moved to Parcent, Alicante. [2]

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  5. ↑ "Navigator Guides Soccer's Youth". Sports Business. 2 August 2005. Retrieved 11 September 2009.

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