Ash Wilson has recently been reappointed as Head Coach of the Newcastle Jets A-League Women’s team. Ash also works in the Jets Academy program and in addition is a full-time teacher at Hunter Sports High.
Ash played her early football in Lismore on the far north coast of NSW. Her dad was integral in helping Ash into the game, being her role model as well as helping her to fall in love with the game.
She began coaching early in her career, working first in the Macquarie Academy while she was playing and then continuing as she moved to Adamstown Rosebuds after moving to Newcastle to play.
This is another wonderful conversation with a coach still young in years, but experienced in working with players at school, community and elite level. Ash is a teacher at heart and wants to teach/coach her players to improve. She is also a strong advocate of ‘lifetime learning’ and is always looking to continue her own football education.
Ash understands how important resilience is for players and coaches, and as a secondary teacher and coach she teaches young people how to become more resilient and appreciates how important this is in her own coaching life.
Ash’s ‘one piece of wisdom’ is that if you want to coach, then be brave enough to put yourself out there, introduce yourself to people and be prepared to take on opportunities that exist as you grow and develop as a coach and work out your own pathway.
Please join in sharing Ash Wilson’s Football Coaching Life.
