Bill Beswick is an English sports psychologist and former basketball coach.
Beswick has had roles with English football clubs
Derby County
Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club in Derby, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system.
One of the 12 founder members of the English Football ...
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Manchester United
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Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ), colloquially known as Boro, is a port town in the Borough of Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England. Lying to the south of the River Tees, Middlesbrough forms part of the Teesside Built up area, built-up area and the Tees Va ...
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Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football.
Founde ...
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Sunderland
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FC Twente
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in the Netherlands. Additionally, he has worked with the England U18 and U21 teams. He has had a long working relationship with
Steve McClaren
Stephen McClaren (born 3 May 1961) is an English football coach and former player who is currently the manager of the Jamaica national team.
McClaren began his coaching career with Oxford United, before joining Derby County in 1995. In 1999 ...
, and was McClaren's assistant manager at Middlesbrough.
He has also worked with numerous other teams and coaches, including Great Britain basketball teams, England rugby head coach Stuart Lancaster, and several American college teams.
Beswick also spent five years as head coach of the
England basketball team, and won a gold medal in the Commonwealth championship in 1992.
He has published books including ''Focused for Soccer'' in 2000 and ''One Goal'' in 2015, as well as numerous coaching ebooks.
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* http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A15782899
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21st-century British psychologists
Sport psychologists
Living people
English basketball coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)
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