Ted Copeland (born 22 February 1940) is an English former football coach. He managed the

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women's side between 1993 and 1998, leading them to a quarter-final appearance in the 1995 World Cup. Copeland spent 12 years working as a lecturer in

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at the University of Petroleum and Minerals in

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, Saudi Arabia. While in Saudi Arabia, he also played for and coached

Ettifaq FC Al-Ettifaq Club (), commonly known as Al-Ettifaq or simply Ettifaq, is a professional football club in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, which competes in the Saudi Pro League. The club was established by the merger of three Dammam-based clubs in 1945. A ...

in the

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and coached the Saudi Under-16 and Under-19 National Teams. He had a spell with

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where he was first-team coach. In 1990, Copeland became

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's Regional Director of Coaching for the North of England. In 1993, he added the part-time role of

women's coach to his duties and remained in both posts until 1998. His successor,

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became the first full-time manager of the England women's team. He later worked as director of sport at East Durham College and was director of education services for a sports marketing company, Navigator. In August 2006, Copeland and his wife Cindy took early retirement and moved to Parcent,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Copeland, Ted Living people 1940 births English football managers England women's national football team managers 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup managers English emigrants to Spain Hartlepool United F.C. non-playing staff English expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Al-Ettifaq FC managers Saudi Pro League managers Saudi Pro League players Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Men's association football players not categorized by position Association football players not categorized by nationality