Place of birth London, England Years Team Manage Swindon Town F.C. | Current team Swindon Town (manager) Apps (Gls) | |
Date of birth (1981-05-01) 1 May 1981 (age 35) 2010–2013 Brighton & Hove Albion U21 Team coached Swindon Town F.C. (Manager, since 2015) Similar Lee Power, Martin Ling, Mark Cooper, Tim Sherwood, Danny Wilson | ||
Luke Williams (born 1 May 1981) is an English football coach and former footballer who played non-league football. He is the current Head Coach of League One club Swindon Town.
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Coaching career
Luke Williams started his coaching career working as an FA Skills Coach and moved on to the youth set-ups at Grassroots football club Colebrook Royals FC in Chigwell Essex, Leyton Orient and West Ham United.
Williams later became a development coach at Brighton & Hove Albion where he managed the U21 for three years and also coach the reserves. During his time at Brighton.
In 2013, Luke Williams was appointed First Team Coach at Swindon Town and was instrumental in bringing in former Brighton development players Yaser Kasim and Raphael Rossi Branco, both of whom would become regular starters for the Wiltshire side.
Williams worked as assistant to Mark Cooper and helped get Swindon Town reach the 2015 League One Play-Offs before losing to Preston North End in the final.
When Mark Cooper was sacked by Swindon Town during the early stages of the following season, Williams worked as assistant to caretaker manager-chairman, Lee Power, and Cooper's eventual replacement Martin Ling. On 30 December 2015, he was appointed caretaker manager following Ling's sudden resignation.
In his first two games in charge, Williams led Swindon to home victories (4-2 vs Southend United and 4-3 vs Crewe Alexandra), from losing positions, with late winners from Nicky Ajose on both occasions.
On 21st January 2016, Williams was appointed permanent manager of Swindon Town until the end of the 2015/16 season.
Williams was appointed as head coach on 9th March 2016 on a 5-year contract, after winning 6 of his 10 games in charge as interim manager.