Early life and family
Jess Thirlby is the daughter of Chris Garland, who was a former professional football player, and his wife, Patricia Cooper. She has two brothers, Adam and Ryan. She is married to Rob Thirlby, who is a former England national rugby sevens team, England rugby sevens international. Her husband also represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She is a mother of two children and stepmother to a third.Playing career
Team Bath
Between 1999 and 2006, Thirlby played for Team Bath (netball), Team Bath. She was one of Team Bath's first full-time players. Between 2001 and 2005, she played in all five Team Bath AENA Super Cup, Super Cup campaigns, making 31 appearances. In 2004 she was a member of the Team Bath squad that won the Super Cup. She was also a member of the Team Bath squad that won the inaugural 2005–06 Netball Superleague season, 2005–06 Netball Superleague title. Her team mates at Team Bath included Pamela Cookey, Rachel Dunn, Stacey Francis, Tamsin Greenway and Geva Mentor.England
Thirlby represented England national netball team, England at every level from under-16 to senior. Between 2000 and 2006 she was a regular member of the senior squad. She also represented England at the Netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, 2002 Commonwealth Games.Coaching career
Celtic Dragons
During the 2006–07 Netball Superleague season, Thirlby served as head coach of Celtic Dragons.Team Bath
During the 2007–08 Netball Superleague season, Thirlby served as an assistant coach to Jan Crabtree at Team Bath (netball), Team Bath. She was appointed Team Bath's head coach for the 2008–09 Netball Superleague season. She subsequently guided Team Bath to further Netball Superleague titles in 2008–09, 2009–10 Netball Superleague season, 2009–10 and 2013 Netball Superleague season, 2013. Between 2015 Netball Superleague season, 2015 and 2019 Netball Superleague season, 2019, Thirlby served as Team Bath's director of netball.England
While still an active player, Thirlby coached the England national netball team, England under-17 and under-19 teams during 2004 and 2005. She later served as both an assistant coach and head coach with the England under-21 team at the 2009 and 2013 Netball World Youth Cup, World Youth Cups. Between 2013 and 2015 she served as an assistant coach to Anna Mayes with the senior England team. In July 2019 Thirlby was appointed head coach of the senior England team, taking over from Tracey Neville.Honours
Player
;Team Bath (netball), Team Bath *Netball Superleague **''Winners'': 2005–06 Netball Superleague season, 2005–06: 1 *AENA Super Cup, Super Cup **''Winners'': 2004: 1Head coach
;Team Bath (netball), Team Bath *Netball Superleague **''Winners'': 2008–09 Netball Superleague season, 2008–09, 2009–10 Netball Superleague season, 2009–10, 2013 Netball Superleague season, 2013: 3References
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