Luke Williams (football manager)
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Luke Williams (born 1 May 1981) is an English professional football manager who is the head coach of Championship club Swansea City.
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981 (age 43)[1] | ||
Place of birth | London, England | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Swansea City (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
Norwich City | |||
Bristol Rovers | |||
Managerial career | |||
2015–2017 | Swindon Town | ||
2022–2024 | Notts County | ||
2024– | Swansea City |
Born in London, Williams played youth football but suffered injury at age 19. He began his coaching career at Leyton Orient and West Ham United. He spent several years coaching Brighton & Hove Albion's under-21s and made his first-team managerial debut with Swindon Town in 2015. After coaching Bristol City's under-23s, Williams became the assistant coach to Russell Martin at Milton Keynes Dons in 2019 and Swansea City in 2021.
Williams was appointed head coach of Notts County in 2022, leading them to Football League promotion in his first season and breaking several club records, including the most wins and points in a season.[2] In 2024, he returned to Swansea City as head coach.