Sam is a Manager, Assistant Manager and Lead Coach with 20 years practical coaching and coach education experience. Sam holds the UEFA ‘A’ Licence, FA Advanced Youth Award and a BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science, and is a graduate of the Premier League's Elite Coach Accreditation Scheme (ECAS). Sam has been employed in a variety of senior Academy and First Team positions across the men’s and women’s professional game, and is an FA UEFA Coach Developer. Currently, First Team Manager at Oxford United Women FC, competing in the FA Women’s National League, and previous recent roles as Youth Development Phase Coach (u16) at Nottingham Forest FC, as part of a Category 1 Premier League Academy, and Assistant Manager at Aston Villa Women FC, competing in the Women’s Super League (WSL). - BSc (Hons), Sport and Exercise Science- UEFA 'A' Licence/FA A Coaching Award (UEFA A Diploma)- FA Advanced Youth Award (Professional Development Phase)- Premier League Elite Coach Accreditation Scheme (ECAS) (Dip HE with Distinction)- FA Coaching Excellence Initiative (CEI)