Terence Westley (born 18 September 1959) is an association football coach and

manager Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administra ...

. Until 2011 he was the Academy Director at

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. The team compete in the ...

and in July 2014 he was appointed to a similar role with

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is a professional Association football, football club based in Stratford, London, Stratford, East London, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English f ...

. He has had brief spells as manager at

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club is a professional association football, football club from Luton, Bedfordshire, England. The club currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. Nicknamed "The Hatters", L ...

in 1995 and

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 ...

in 2006.

Coaching and managerial career

Westley previously worked at

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town F.C., Ket ...

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. The club currently competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of English football. Ipswich Town were founded in 1878 but did not turn ...

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England. The team compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system. Their home ground is ...

and

. At these clubs he was responsible for developing young players, who included

Matthew Upson Matthew James Upson (born 18 April 1979) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a centre back. Upson played for England national football team, England at full international level, including at the 2010 ...

Kieron Dyer Kieron Courtney Dyer (born 29 December 1978) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is a first team coach at Chesterfield FC. Born in Ipswich, Dyer played youth football for his home club Ipswich Town befo ...

, Richard Wright,

Titus Bramble Titus Malachi Bramble (born 31 July 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre back. Bramble played in the Premier League for over thirteen consecutive seasons from 2000 and 2013, representing Ipswich Town, Newcas ...

and

Kevin Lisbie Kevin Anthony Lisbie (born 17 October 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in London, he earned ten international caps for Jamaica. He is now a coach at Leyton Orient. Club career Charlton Athletic Born in Ha ...

. At Derby, he oversaw the development of young stars such as

Tom Huddlestone Thomas Andrew Huddlestone (born 28 December 1986) is an English former professional Association football, footballer and coach, who is currently a first team assistant coach at Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City. He played as a midfielder#D ...

, Lee Holmes,

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Lewin Nyatanga Lewin John Nyatanga (born 18 August 1988) is a former Wales international footballer who played as a defender. He played for Derby County, Bristol City, Sunderland, Peterborough United, Northampton Town and Barnsley in his career. He has made ...

and

Miles Addison Miles Vivien Esifi Addison (born 7 January 1989) is an English former Association football, footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Club career Derby County Though born in London, Addison moved to Nottingham at the ...

. Westley took the helm at

in July 1995 after the departure of

David Pleat David John Pleat (born 15 January 1945) is an English association football, football player turned manager (association football), manager, and sports commentator. Pleat made 185 Football League appearances for five clubs, scoring 26 goals. He ...

. He saw out the 1994–95 football season with

finishing 16th in Division 1. The following season did not get off to a good start and Westley was sacked after a 0–4 defeat at

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ...

. Westley was made

caretaker manager In association footballing terms, a caretaker manager or interim manager is somebody who takes temporary charge of the management of a football team, usually when the regular manager is dismissed or leaves for a different club. However, a caret ...

of Derby County in January 2006 following the departure of Phil Brown. He lost his first game in charge 1–0 at home to

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history ...

and despite not managing a win in four further outings, was made manager until the end of the season. His first victory was a 1–0 home win over

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. The team currently competes in EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system. The club has played ...

just two days later. Despite achieving his objective of keeping the club in the

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by the end of the season he was not offered the job of permanent manager, instead being replaced by

Billy Davies William McIntosh Davies (born 31 May 1964) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He won the 2007 Play-offs with Derby County, finished as runners-up in 2005 with Preston North End, and reached the semi-finals in 2006 (Prest ...

. He joined

as director of their

youth academy In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show en ...

in 2006. In his first season, he led the under-18 side to the quarter-final of the

FA Youth Cup The Football Association Youth Challenge Cup is an English football competition run by The Football Association for under-18 sides. Only those players between the age of 15 and 18 on 31 August of the current season are eligible to take part. It ...

, and two years later they reached the semi-final of the same competition. After completing a report to the club's board of directors, which contained recommendations needed to "push he Academyto the next level", Westley left the club by mutual consent in February 2011. In July 2014 Westley became academy director at West Ham United, replacing long-term incumbent,

Tony Carr Anthony Carr Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 5 September 1950) is an English sports coach and former Director of Youth Development at the West Ham United F.C., West Ham United football club's West Ham United F.C. Reserves and Academy, yo ...

Performance by club

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Westley, Terry Living people Charlton Athletic F.C. non-playing staff English football managers Derby County F.C. managers Luton Town F.C. managers English Football League managers Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff 1959 births West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff Sportspeople from Ipswich