Tom C. Email & Phone Number

Doha, Qatar

As Head of Athletics, Tom is responsible for the professional leadership of the Track & Field Athletics department. This involves establishing and implementing a strategic development plan for Athletics as well as the leadership and management of the coaching staff. Furthermore, Tom is ultimately responsible for the development and implementation of training and competition programmes as well as partnership liaison with a range of external and internal organisations including the Qatar Athletics Federation, Aspetar and the Aspire Academy Sports Science and Education Departments.

Belfast

As Director of Coaching and Athlete Development, Tom was responsible for leading the successful delivery of athlete, coach and club development within Northern Ireland. This included the creation of the province's overall performance development strategy for the sport of Athletics and the management of the federation's Coaching and Athlete Development team. Furthermore, he was responsible for providing leadership on coaching and athlete development across Northern Ireland and ensuring a close collaborative relationship was fostered between Athletics Ireland, British Athletics and other Home Countries’ Athletic Federations (HCAF). During his time at Athletics NI, Tom secured a significant funding increase from Sport NI through their Sporting Clubs and Sporting Winners investment programmes.

Loughborough

Following the London 2012 Olympics, Tom's role evolved to focus on the end to end creation and marketing of digital projects that support British Athletics'​ provision of products and services across the UK. This includes programme managing multiple work streams while maintaining overall ownership of uCoach.com, uLearnAthletics.com and a suite of advanced training courses for British Athletics' membership base.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Responsible for collaborating with senior management on the development of the UK’s professional development strategy for the sport of Track and Field Athletics in the run up to the 2012 Olympics. My focus was on the creation and marketing of informal professional development opportunities for British Athletics Coaches with a specific focus on using technology to make learning how to coach Athletics more affordable and accessible. Within this role I line manage eight employed staff and five consultants.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Responsible for the development and nationwide implementation of all aspects of qualifications and training. This included the development and marketing of these products to a nationwide audience.

Sheffield

Guest Lecturing on sports administration and the development of coaches within the United Kingdom for the Academy of Sport and Physical Activity in the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Sheffield Hallam University.

Loughborough

Consultancy work for several small businesses and SMEs across a range of areas from mechanical engineering, to graphic design and eCommerce. As a side project, during this time I also wrote over 100 articles on Athletics Coaching for Athletics Weekly, The Coach, New Studies in Athletics and several online magazines.

Responsible for the brand development and operational management of a startup sports nutrition company in the student market. Having established a strong customer base, the directors decided to sell the company to focus on other personal and business interests.

Responsible for coordinating the project management, testing, analysis and implementation of a newly designed Motorised Head Repeatability Test Rig. This included installation and training at Renishaw's German subsidiary.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychophysiology Of Design Decision Making, Unfinished

I decided to leave my research unfinished to pursue a career at British Athletics.

Bachelor'S Degree, Industrial Design & Technology, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: Rutherford Hall Committee 2001-2002 Media Officer Loughborough University Basketball Team