English football coach (born 1951)
Brian Eastick (born 27 January 1952) is an English football manager and former player.
Eastick was technical director of Al Jazira , managed Newport County , and held various posts within the England coaching setup, including head coach of the under-19 and under-20 teams.
Playing career
As a young player at Crystal Palace , Eastick was capped at England under-18 level.[2]
Coaching career
Eastick has been involved in coaching for more than 30 years, working at Queens Park Rangers , Chelsea , Brighton & Hove Albion and Charlton Athletic ,[3] before spending five months as manager of Newport County in the 1987–88 season . He then took the post of assistant manager of Leyton Orient .[4] before working at Coventry City , Crewe Alexandra and Sheffield United .[3] Between 1988 and 1995 Eastick worked part-time at the Football Association 's National School at Lilleshall before leaving to take up a role as assistant to Bryan Hamilton in managing the Northern Ireland team between 1995 and 1998.[2]
Eastick spent seven years at Birmingham City , brought in by manager Trevor Francis to develop the youth system from scratch,[5] before spending two years as academy manager and head coach of Newcastle United during Sir Bobby Robson 's reign.[3]
In May 2005 he was appointed assistant to Don Givens as manager of the Republic of Ireland under-21 team .[6] In August of the same year, Eastick was appointed a national coach with the FA and took responsibility for the England under-18 side.[2] When Martin Hunter stepped down in June 2006 to take up a role as first-team coach with Norwich City ,[7] Eastick stepped up to take charge of the under-19s . He led that team to the final of the 2009 European Championships ,[2] before taking over as head coach of the England under-20 team , from the 2009 under-20 World Cup finals until the 2011 competition .[8]
Eastick spent several days in Hong Kong in September 2011 as prime candidate for the post of manager of the Hong Kong national football team . He was offered the post, but turned it down.[9] [10]
He returned to Stuart Pearce 's coaching staff, assisting with the under-21 team and with the Great Britain Olympic team .[11] When Pearce stood in as England manager in February 2012, Eastick took charge of the under-21 match on the same night.[12]
Eastick joined UAE Pro-League club Al Jazira in 2015 for a two-year spell as technical director.[13]
In February 2018, he was appointed to an assistant role within Aston Villa 's Academy.[14]
On 16 February 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Belgian First Division B club Lommel .[15]
References
^ Technical Study Group, ed. (2009). "FIFA U-20 World Cup Egypt 2009: Technical Report and Statistics" (PDF) . FIFA. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2011.
^ a b c d "Brian Eastick" . The Football Association. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013 .
^ a b c Clarkson, Ian (31 March 2009). "Brian Eastick" . Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2009 .
^ Taylor, Louise (30 May 1989). "Eastick happy to cope with play-off pressure" . The Times . London. Retrieved 19 June 2009 – via NewsBank.
^ Halford, Brian (12 February 2000). "Boys' own story" . Birmingham Post . Retrieved 19 June 2009 – via NewsBank. Clarkson, Ian (17 September 2003). "Importance of Academy system should not be under-estimated, says Eastick as he swaps Blues for Magpies" . Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2009 .
^ "Eastick appointed to Ireland Under-21 role" . Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). 9 May 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2018 .
^ "Hunter ready for action" . Norwich City F.C. 26 June 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2009 .
^ Veevers, Nicholas (25 September 2009). "Aims and objectives" . The Football Association. Archived from the original on 2 May 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013 . Veevers, Nicholas (11 August 2011). "Eastick's pride" . The Football Association. Archived from the original on 22 August 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013 .
^ Chan Kin-wa (1 October 2011). "Eastick is offered job as HK manager" . South China Morning Post . Hong Kong. Retrieved 21 January 2013 .
^ Chan Kin-wa (11 October 2011). "English coach turns down HK job offer" . South China Morning Post . Hong Kong. Retrieved 21 January 2013 .
^ "Eastick: Once in a lifetime" . The Football Association. 2 January 2013. Archived from the original on 13 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013 .
^ "Eastick to take U21s reins" . The Football Association. 9 February 2012. Archived from the original on 23 August 2012. Retrieved 1 March 2013 .
^ Monaghan, Matt (7 September 2016). "A Day With: Al Jazira's Brian Eastick" . Sports360 . Retrieved 7 December 2018 .
^ Dicken, Alex (16 February 2018). "Significant developments on Aston Villa's long term plans; Club appoint a new coach" . Birmingham Mail . Retrieved 7 December 2018 .
^ "Brian Eastick wordt onze nieuwe T1 tot het einde van het seizeon" (in Dutch). Lommel S.K. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2022 .
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