Les Reed (football coach)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Leslie Reed | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1952 | ||
| Place of birth | Wapping, London, England | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 19??–19?? | Cambridge United | 0 | (0) |
| 19??–19?? | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 19??–19?? | Wycombe Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Leslie Reed (born 9 December 1952 in Wapping, London) is an English football coach and was the manager of Charlton Athletic between 14 November and 24 December 2006. He was technical director of the Football Association between 2002 and 2004. Since April 2010 Reed has been Head of Football Development at Southampton
Reed was on the books as a football player for Cambridge United, Watford, and Wycombe Wanderers as a centre forward, but did not play any League matches for any of the three clubs.
Reed started his coaching career in non-league football, coaching both Finchley and Wealdstone. In 1985 Wealdstone won both the Football Conference and the FA Trophy with him.
In 1986 he joined the Football Association (FA) as development officer. He worked there for nine years in a variety of roles including Regional Director of Coaching and coach at The FA National School, where he worked with Joe Cole, Sol Campbell, Nick Barmby and Michael Owen, among others. He went to Italy for his first World Cup in 1990 with Bobby Robson's England team. It was the first of three World Cup finals tournaments in which he would serve his country.
In 1995 Reed left the FA to become Alan Curbishley's assistant at Charlton Athletic, helping them to gain promotion to the FA Premier League via the playoffs in 1998. After the final Reed was appointed Director of Technical Development at the FA by Howard Wilkinson, its Technical Director at the time. As such he would oversee the international development of Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerard and many more England stars. He coached England's new under-15 National Team to win the Nationwide Trophy at Wembley, defeating an Argentine team that included Carlos Tevez.
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