Luke Williams (footballer, born 1981)

Luke Williams (born 9 October 1981) is an English football coach and former footballer who played non-league football. He was most recently Head Coach of League One club Swindon Town.

Luke Williams
Personal information
Date of birth (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981
Place of birth London, England
Youth career
Norwich City
Bristol Rovers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Ashford Town
Bishop's Stortford
Tunbridge Wells
Tonbridge Angels
Teams managed
2010–2013 Brighton & Hove Albion U21
2015–2016 Swindon Town (caretaker)
2016–2017 Swindon Town
2017– Bristol City U23
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Coaching career

Luke Williams started his coaching career working as an FA Skills Coach and moved on to the youth set-ups at Grassroots football club Colebrook Royals FC in Chigwell Essex, Leyton Orient and West Ham United.[1]

Williams later became a development coach at Brighton & Hove Albion where he managed the U21 for three years and also coached the reserves. During his time at Brighton.[2]

Swindon Town

In 2013, Luke Williams was appointed First Team Coach at Swindon Town and was instrumental in bringing in former Brighton development players Yaser Kasim and Raphael Rossi Branco, both of whom would become regular starters for the Wiltshire side.[3][4]

Williams worked as assistant to Mark Cooper and helped get Swindon Town reach the 2015 League One Play-Offs before losing to Preston North End in the final.

When Mark Cooper was sacked by Swindon Town during the early stages of the following season, Williams worked as assistant to caretaker manager-chairman, Lee Power, and Cooper's eventual replacement Martin Ling. On 30 December 2015, he was appointed caretaker manager following Ling's sudden resignation.[5] In his first two games in charge, Williams led Swindon to home victories of 4–2 against Southend United and 4–3 against Crewe Alexandra from losing positions, with late winners from Nicky Ajose on both occasions.[6][7] On 21 January 2016, Williams was appointed permanent manager of Swindon Town until the end of the 2015—16 season.[8]

Williams was appointed as head coach on 9 March 2016 on a 5-year contract, after winning 6 of his 10 games in charge as interim manager.[9]

On 5 May 2017, it was announced Williams had left Swindon by mutual agreement after relegation to League Two was confirmed.[10]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 30 April 2017
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref
PWDLWin %
Swindon Town 30 December 2015 5 May 2017 75 20 22 33 026.7 [11]
Total 75 20 22 33 026.7 —

References
  1. "Swindon Town FC Coaching Staff". Swindon Town FC. Archived from the original on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  2. "Coaching Additions". Swindon Town FC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  3. "Branco happy to play student role". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. "Albion face at least two familiar faces". The Argus. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. "Statement – Chairman on Ling Departure". Swindon Town FC. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  6. "Swindon Town 4 – 2 Southend United". BBC Sport. 9 January 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  7. "Swindon Town 4 – 3 Crewe Alexandra". BBC Sport. 16 January 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  8. "Swindon Town: Luke Williams to remain in charge until May". BBC Sport. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  9. "Luke Williams earns five-year deal as Swindon Town head coach". The Guardian. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  10. "Luke Williams: Swindon Town head coach's departure confirmed by relegated club". BBC Sport. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  11. "Managers: Luke Williams". Soccerbase. Centurycom. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
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