Danny Kerry was appointed Head Coach of the Canadian Women’s National Field Hockey Team in March of this year.
The former England and Great Britain (GB) head coach led the GB women’s team to a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games, a 2015 EuroHockey championship (with England) and an Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio Games.
Kerry grew up in Norfolk, UK and studied at Loughborough University then studied Sport, Culture and Society at the University of Warwick. He received his first coaching certificate in 1994 and began combining his work as a University lecturer, coaching in the national club competition and work with the national junior teams in 1997.
Kerry became the head coach of the GB Women’s Team in 2005 and led the program to incredible success during his tenure, culminating in the Olympic gold in 2016. In 2018, he was appointed the head coach of the GB Men’s side and led the team to their first FIH Hockey Pro League Grand Final in 2019. By the time he stepped away from the GB program, Kerry was the most successful coach in the history of hockey in the UK. Having gone on to work with and England Rugby and as a consultant to a number of sports, Kerry is now back where he feels most comfortable, on the field coaching and leading towards lofty ambitions.
