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Rehanne Skinner has become the latest Lionesses assistant to land a prominent head coaching
role in the women's game after being appointed by Tottenham Hotspur.
Having led England's Under-21s, Skinner progressed to the senior set up this summer. The
FA will confirm Skinner's replacement as assistant coach with the Lionesses in due course.
Kay Cossington, The FA's head of women's technical development, said: "I am delighted for
Rehanne. While we are sorry to see her leave, we are committed to helping our talented coaches
progress in the game.
"This is a brilliant opportunity and I am sure England teams will feel the benefit in the future
of having another WSL head coach who understands our commitment to furthering the player
pathway and can continue to build on the excellent relationship we enjoy between the domestic
and international game. Meanwhile, it will open up another opportunity for a coach to join Phil's
coaching staff and work around the senior environment."
Rehanne Skinner said: "I am incredibly excited by this opportunity and I would like to thank
Phil, Kay Cossington and Sue Campbell for their understanding, and their recognition that this
will be a great chance for me to further progress my coaching career.
"I have really enjoyed my time at The FA, working alongside some wonderfully talented
people and with players who have done so much to put women's football and our England teams
in the spotlight. It will be very hard to leave but I will always have such fond memories of my ten
years working with England teams."
Skinner's career began in 2003 with Leicester City, guiding the club's Football in the
Community work. Building on a commitment to developing young players she co-founded
Leicester City Women's Football Club, taking on a coaching role with the team where she secured
four consecutive promotions.
She moved to Arsenal in 2010 and spent three years as an assistant coach, helping achieve
two FAWSL title wins, two Continental Cups, one FA Cup and reaching two Champions League
semi finals. Skinner was then appointed assistant coach of Great Britain, winning gold at the
World University Student Games in 2013, before spending three years working in youth player
development in the United States.
Skinner returned to the UK to spend a season as assistant coach with Wales before moving
to the FA in September 2017 as head coach of the Under-19 age group, competing in UEFA
European competitions over the subsequent years.
She takes over at Tottenham Hotspur from the duo of Karen Hills and Juan Amoros, who
parted company with the club last month.

An interactive workshop for club committee members and coaches will provide practical advice to
help create the right club environment to grow female participation.
Clubs who want to grow new women’s and girls’ teams, and those who want to find out more
about what an ideal ‘female friendly’ environment looks like, can book their places at The FA’s
online ‘Female Friendly Clubs’ Training, with various sessions taking place from December to April.
Attendees will develop existing understanding of off-pitch and on-pitch considerations and
discuss real life case study examples to help build a ‘Gameplan For Growth’. The training is across
two modules and all sessions run from 7.00pm-8.30pm.
Female football is a major part of the Essex County FA ‘Moving Forward’ Strategy, with a
target to deliver bespoke development and meet the annual needs of the women's and girls' game
for 5,104 players and 115 Wildcats Centres by 2021.
You can book onto the workshop at www.essexfa.com. Information on female football is also
shared on Twitter by @EssexCountyFA and by searching for ‘EssexFootball’ on Facebook.
Available Module Dates
Module 1: Monday 14th December, Module 2: Tuesday 15th December (South Region)
Module 1: Monday 11th January, Module 2: Thursday 14th January (East Region)
Module 1: Tuesday 2nd March, Module 2: Thursday 4th March (London Region)
Module 1: Tuesday 20th April, Module 2: Wednesday 21st April (South Region)
Module 1: Monday 26th April, Module 2: Thursday 29th April (East Region)
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