Mike Aspinall

Mike Aspinall (born 26 March 1983 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is Director of Coaching at Harrogate Rugby Union Football Club, a rugby union club that plays in the English National 2. Harrogate were back to back Yorkshire Cup champions in 2015 & 2016 and finished top 6 in NatIonal Div 2. It's said Harrogate in Aspinall's tenure had the worst budgets in National league rugby as Harrogate nearly went under just before he took over. Aspinall stepped down from his role at Harrogate in 2016 to concentrate on running his property businesses.

Before moving into coaching full-time, Mike enjoyed a very successful playing career for Saracens, Leeds Tykes/Carnegie, Harrogate and Hull Ionians. He was also capped by England U18 in 2001. His specialist position is scrum-half, but in recent years he has regularly appeared at fly-half.

Mike became Head Coach at Harrogate in 2007 and following a strong few seasons for the club was invited by Andy Key and Neil Back to join the Leeds Carnegie backroom staff in 2010 for their assault on the Premiership. Throughout his time at Leeds Mike continued to play and coach at Harrogate, overseeing a record equaling 12 game victory streak.

Having left the Carnegie set-up in the summer of 2012, Mike returned to Harrogate full-time to concentrate on his RFU Level 4 coaching course and broaden his experiences. In August 2012, Mike was appointed Head Coach at Manchester University and introduced a new coach mentoring system at Harrogate.

Mike Aspinall is now the Managing Director of Northern Property Partners based in Leeds and is said to be taking a few years out of the game.