About
I am a professional rugby coach and have worked with players of all ages and abilities. This experience in various coaching domains has enabled me to become well-rounded in developing a wide range of planning skills, tactical preparation and interpersonal skills for different environments. I value my professional development and seek opportunities to learn and improve. In this vein I have travelled to coach and meet various elite coaches in the UK, America and Europe as well as completing an MSc in Performance Coaching in 2018, with a distinction, and UKCC L3 in 2019. Hard-working, organised and enthusiastic I prioritise establishing good relationships across the board with players, colleagues, parents, key stakeholders and more.

My aim is to create an open, collaborative and positive environment within which players can develop in realistic, game-like situations. I encourage players to take an active role in sessions and provide their own thoughts and feedback to enable them to problem-solve and improve their game understanding.

My coaching experience is varied, including: schools, university, university representative, senior men's, senior men's county representative, DPP and Academy. An up to date CV is below.

​As well as the blog on this website, Edd has also written for CreativeRugby and Coach Logic.



Coaching CV

Rugby Professional at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood, September 2020 - present
Lead Coach at London Irish DPP, February 2018 - present
Founder at The 1-2-1 Rugby Coach, April 2016 - present
Head Coach at United Hospitals RFC, July 2015 - present

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Rugby Specialist and Sports Coach at Latymer Upper School, September 2015 - July 2020
Director of Rugby at Old Priorian RFC, May 2017 - May 2020
Rugby Coaching Consultant at Serge Betsen Rugby, April 2015 - April 2020
Director of Rugby, Head Coach at Guy's Hospital RFC (KCL Medics), July 2014 - April 2020
Coach at Middlesex County Senior Men's, April 2019 - May 2019
Rugby Coach at Rokeby Prep School, January 2019 - April 2019
Rugby Specialist and Sports Coach at Kew House School, January 2015 - April 2018
Assistant Coach at Old Priorian RFC, June 2016 - May 2017
Fitness Coach at King's College London, August 2014 - June 2016
​Co-Founder and Lead Coach at Edge Rugby Holiday Camps, April 2012 - April 2015
Rugby Specialist at Rokeby Prep School, Sept-April 2014
Sports Coach at St Benedict's School, September 2009 - September 2011
Professional Placement at St Benedict's School, September 2007- April 2008
Rugby Coach at various schools in Bath as part of my degree, 2005-2007

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Qualifications:
- BA (Hons) with Placement in Coach Education and Sport Development, University of Bath; 2005-2009
- RFU Coaching Level 1; 2006
- RFU Coaching Level 2; 2007
- European Institute of Fitness Master Trainer, REPS Level 3; 2008
- FutureFit Nutrition Specialist; 2012
- FA Safeguarding Children; 2014
- FutureFit Childhood Nutrition and Obesity Prevention; 2014
- Various CPD workshops including RFU Performance Analysis (2017), RFU Game-Planning (2015), RFU Pre-Level 3 Player Profiling (2014), Emergency First Aid (2014)
- The 0.10 Second Difference by EXOS (2015)
​- Lead Direct, Leadership Development Course (2016)
- World Rugby Online CPD courses: Introduction to Coaching, Key Factor Analysis and Functional Role Analysis (2016)
- UKCC Rugby Level 2 (2016 - repeated due to lost records)
- RFU Director of Rugby Course (2017)
- MSc in Performance Coaching - Distinction, University of Stirling (2018)
- UKCC Rugby Level 3; 2019
- Clear and current CRB/DBS Check


Employment
If you would like to discuss potential employment opportunities in the UK and abroad for Edd as a coach, coaching consultant and more then please contact by email here.