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Nicholas Cushing ( ; born 9 November 1984) is an English
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manager who currently serves as the interim head coach of
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club
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.


Career


Manchester City Women

Originally joining the club in a junior role in 2008, Cushing worked his way through a succession of coaching positions starting as a schools coach and progressing to the academy setup before transitioning into the club's women's team. In 2013, as the Manchester City Women began their preparations for their first season in the newly expanded WSL, Cushing was offered his first senior role when he was promoted to the women's team's managerial position, trading places with incumbent manager Leigh Wood, who left the club shortly afterwards. In his first season Cushing's City started slowly as they adjusted to their new first division status, finishing fifth of eight teams and registering only six victories from their 14 matches, although the season was salvaged to some extent when Manchester City became the first team in four seasons to beat
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to the
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trophy. Their lacklustre form continued at the start of the 2015 season as they took five points from their opening five league games before the season was interrupted for two months by the 2015 Women's World Cup, in which England finished third. Returning from the break, England's performance seemingly brought Cushing's City team to life as he managed them to a run of 12 wins in 13 matches. Although his side had ended 2015 trophyless, they entered the following season in rampant form, going unbeaten in the league with an unprecedented defensive record of only four goals conceded in 16 games to win a first league title. Cushing then added to his trophy haul with a second WSL Cup triumph in a match which was equally notable for his decision to remain through extra time to the final whistle despite being called to attend his wife going into labour with his third child. Nick also added to his honours with a personal gong, winning Manager of the Year at the FA's Women's Football Awards. While his City team disappointed somewhat as they failed to defend their title in the Spring Series, Cushing was at least able to complete his clean sweep of the domestic trophies, winning the
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with a comprehensive defeat of
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in May 2017.


New York City FC

On 9 January 2020, it was announced that Cushing would move to become assistant coach to Ronny Deila at
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side
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, with his last match in charge of Manchester City Women being against
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on 2 February 2020. On 13 June 2022, Cushing became interim head coach for the club after head coach Ronny Deila departed for Belgian club
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. On 10 November 2022, Cushing was promoted to head coach ahead of the 2023 season. On 26 November 2024, Cushing was sacked after two seasons as the permanent manager of New York City.


Return to Manchester City

Following the sacking of
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on 10 March 2025, Cushing returned to Manchester City Women as interim head coach until the end of the 2024–25 season.


Managerial statistics


Honours

Manchester City Women *
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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
*
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: 2016–17 *
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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, 2018–19 Individual * FA Women's Manager of the Year: 2016


References

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