Coaching Strikers

Wayne Harrison has a wealth of knowledge at the highest levels of the game both as a professional player; having played for Blackpool and Sheffield Wednesday Football Clubs in England and Oulu Palloseura in the Finnish Premier league; and a professional coach, having been the Director of Coaching of Youth Development for Blackpool amongst other coaching positions. He has also represented Great Britain as a player in the World Student Games in Mexico.

A former Academy Director at Blackpool Football Club in the English Championship League, he is a “bestselling” author who currently has 12 Coaching books to his name as well as authoring many articles for “World Class Coaching” and “Soccer Journal” Magazines in the United States and “Insight” Magazine in England and he has many videos on soccer development.

He was also more recently the Director of Coaching for the Youth Academy of Al Ain Football Club in the United Arab Emirates, one of the most famous and prestigious professional football club in the Middle East and Asian Regions of the World and former Asian Cup Winners. During his 2 year spell, as their DOC in charge of Youth, Al Ain won 7 National Youth Championships and were the most successful professional academy in the country. They were also officially acclaimed as the most professionally developed academy by the renowned Marco Monte of Inter Milan, the Consultant for the Abu Dhabi Sports Council. Mr. Monte compared the academy Wayne developed as the closest to the best European academies he has experienced in his work. High praise indeed.

He holds the prestigious UEFA “A” License, and the NSCAA Premier Diploma, as well as an English Bachelors Degree in Applied Physiology and Sports Psychology. Having achieved the Premier Diploma he is now able to educate as a Staff Coach with the NSCAA.

He is also a successful football clinician for the education of coaches, presenting at coaching symposiums worldwide, including the NSCAA Convention, the World Class Coaching International Seminar, the Reedswain Soccer Coaches’ Super Clinic and many State Symposiums throughout the United States.