Jed Davies

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Jed Davies
Personal information
Full name Jed Cynan Davies
Date of birth (1988-01-06) 6 January 1988 (age 33)
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Miami FC (Assistant Coach)
Teams managed
Years Team
2013–2014 Oxford University (Head Coach)
2016–2019 Ottawa Fury (Assistant Coach)
2021– Miami FC (Assistant Coach)

Jed Davies (born 6 January 1988) is a Welsh[1] professional football coach who currently is an assistant coach with Miami FC.

Coaching career[]

Clubs and National Teams[]

Davies worked at Oxford University A.F.C[2][3] alongside Mickey Lewis and Jon Collins from 2013 to 2014 before going on to work with Magnus Pehrsson, Manager of the Estonia national football team from 2015.[4][5][6][7]

On 9 August 2016, Davies was hired by USL Championship side Ottawa Fury FC alongside Bruce Grobbelaar, Julian de Guzman and Martin Nash as a first team assistant coach, working under head coach Paul Dalglish.[8]

In 2021, Davies became an assistant coach at Miami FC, reuniting with Dalglish.[9]

Coach Education[]

Davies was a co-founder of Inspire Football Coach Education UK, a coach education company that featured the likes of Dick Bate, Raymond Verheijen, FC Barcelona's Albert Capellas, Brian Ashton and many other reputable guests.[10]

Davies has presented for a number of clubs and coach education companies and events such as the World Football Academy Expert Meeting, owned by Dutch coach Raymond Verheijen. Verheijen (former Wales Assistant Manager) referred to Davies as one of the "next generation" of coaches who he appreciated as an educator of football tactics.[11]

In 2019, Davies became a professor at the University of Ottawa where he taught Strategy in Sport: Association Football.[12]

Published Books[]

In 2013 Davies published Coaching the Tiki-Taka Style of Play,[13] a book positively reviewed by Eddie Howe among many others.[14] Eddie Howe commented how the book was one of "Inspiration, different ideas and new angles that can make you better" during his Soccer AM interview on Sky Sports.

The Philosophy of Football: In Shadows of Marcelo Bielsa[15] was published in 2016. The book included insights from Mark Sampson, Chris Davies and those close to the working methods of Marcelo Bielsa.[16]

References[]

  1. ^ "Canadian Soccer Youth Spotted By Soccer Coach". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Profiles OUAFC". Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Goal.com". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  4. ^ "JustKickinitPod.com". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Ottawa Fury Announce New Coach". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Football Soccer Camps". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  7. ^ "ThisisAnfield.com". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Ottawa Fury Announce New Coach". Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  9. ^ Communications, Miami FC (26 January 2021). "Jed Davies Announced as The Miami FC Assistant Coach". Miami FC. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Inspire Coach Education". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Raymond Verheijen on Jed Davies". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  12. ^ "University of Ottawa Professor Profile". Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  13. ^ Coaching the Tiki-Taka Style of Play. Soccer Tutor. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  14. ^ "Eddie Howe reading Coaching The Tiki-Taka Style of Play by Jed Davies". Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  15. ^ The Philosophy of Football: In Shadows of Marcelo Bielsa. SoccerTutor. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  16. ^ BluePrintforFootball.com. BluePrintforFootball. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
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