Bill Beswick is an English sports psychologist and former basketball coach.
Beswick has had roles with English football clubs
Derby County
Derby County Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Derby, Derbyshire, England. In 2022, it was announced that DCFC was acquired by Clowes Developments (UK) Ltd, a Derbyshire-based property group.
Founded in 188 ...
,
Manchester United,
Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area.
Until the early 1800s, the a ...
,
Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...
and
Sunderland, and
FC Twente
Football Club Twente () is a Dutch professional football club from the city of Enschede, sometimes known internationally as Twente Enschede. The club was formed in 1965 by the merger of 1926 Dutch champions Sportclub Enschede with Enschedese ...
in the Netherlands. Additionally, he has worked with the England U18 and U21 teams. He has had a long working relationship with
Steve McClaren
Stephen McClaren (born 3 May 1961) is an English former professional footballer and coach who currently serves as an assistant coach for Premier League club Manchester United, in his second spell at the club.
McClaren began his coaching caree ...
, and was McClaren's assistant manager at Middlesbrough.
He has also worked with numerous other teams and coaches, including Great Britain basketball teams, England rugby head coach Stuart Lancaster, and several American college teams.
Beswick also spent five years as head coach of the
England basketball team, and won a gold medal in the Commonwealth championship in 1992.
He has published books including ''Focused for Soccer'' in 2000 and ''One Goal'' in 2015, as well as numerous coaching ebooks.
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* http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A15782899
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British psychologists
Sports psychologists
Living people
English basketball coaches
Year of birth missing (living people)
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