Dr. Noel Dempsey

Area of expertise

• Coach Education
• Football Coaching

Industry expertise

• Coach Developer for The FA
• Previously an FA Coach Mentor
• Coached in range of settings, including: grassroots, academy, non-league
• Head of Academy Education

• Formal Coach Education
• Policy/Curriculum Development
• The Coaching Process

• MSc Psychology of Sport & Exercise
• BSc Sport Science
• Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
• UEFA A Licence
• FA Youth Award
• Associate Fellow – Higher Education Academy
• Professional Coaches Football Association (PCFA) Member

• Dempsey, N.M., Richardson, D.J., Cope, E. and Cronin, C.J., 2020. Creating and disseminating coach education policy: a case of formal coach education in grassroots football. Sport, Education and Society, pp.1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2020.1802711
• Article:
  Dempsey, N., Cope, E., Richardson, D.J., Littlewood, M.A. and Cronin, C.J., 2021. Less may be more: how do coach developers reproduce “learner-centred” policy in practice?. Sports Coaching Review, pp.1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/21640629.2020.1866851
• Book Chapter:
  Chapman, R., Dempsey, N., Cronin, C., & Richardson, D., 2019. Developing “the community” through the effective coaching of grassroots football: What’s the role of coach education? In L. Gale & B. Ives (Eds.), Coaching in the community: Developing knowledge and insight. Manchester: An MMU Cluster for Research into Coaching Publication.
• Book Chapter:
  Leeder, T.M., Dempsey, N.M., & Chapman, R. 2022. Understanding Grassroots Football Coach Education in England through Creative Fiction: Connecting the Past to the Present. In Leeder, T.M. (Eds.) Coach Education in Football – Contemporary Issues and Global Perspectives (pp. 73-85). Routledge.
• Dempsey, N., Cope, E., Richardson, D.J., Littlewood, M.A. and Cronin, C., 2022. An examination of content knowledge in formal coach education curriculum. Sport, Education and Society, pp.1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2022.2131761