Beverly Priestman (born 29 April 1986) is an English professional football manager who is the current head coach of the Canada women's national team.

Early life

At age 12, Priestman signed-up for

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in Consett, under

John Herdman John Herdman (born 19 July 1975) is an English professional football manager who is the head coach of the Canada men's national team. Coaching career Early career Herdman began coaching football at a young age in England, while he was a st ...

, who was at the time a university lecturer and a part-time football coach. Priestman graduated from

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and worked for Everton under Mo Marley.

Coaching career

Early career

Priestman has coached Canada's U-17 and U-20 women's squads and was assistant coach for the

Canada women's national soccer team The Canada women's national soccer team (french: Équipe du Canada féminine de soccer) represents Canada in international soccer competitions. They are overseen by the Canadian Soccer Association, the governing body for soccer in Canada. T ...

under head coach Herdman. She coached England's women's U-17 squad, and she was assistant coach of the

England women's national football team The England women's national football team, also known as the Lionesses, have been governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA). England played its first ...

under head coach Phil Neville from 2018 to 2020.

Canada women

In October 2020, Priestman was appointed as the head coach of

, leading them to the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics on August 6, 2021.

Personal life

Priestman is married to Emma Humphries, a former midfielder with the New Zealand football team. Their son Jack was born in 2018.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Canada Women

* Summer Olympics:

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CONCACAF Women's Championship The CONCACAF W Championship (previously known as the CONCACAF Women's Championship, CONCACAF Women's Invitational Tournament, CONCACAF Women's Gold Cup and CONCACAF Women's World Cup Qualifying) is a football competition organized by the Confed ...

runner-up:

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Individual * IFFHS Women's World Best National Coach: 2021

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* 1986 births Association football coaches Canada women's national soccer team managers English expatriate football managers English expatriates in Canada English football managers English LGBT sportspeople Living people Sportspeople from Consett 21st-century LGBT people {{Canada-footy-bio-stub