Harry Watling (born 28 November 1989) is an English

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coach who is currently first team coach at

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Coaching career

Watling earned his

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B licence at age 18 and his UEFA A licence at 26, which at the time made him one of the youngest coaches in England to have such a coaching licence. Watling went on to work as an academy coach with

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from 2009 to 2014,

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from 2014 to 2018, and

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from 2018, before becoming head coach of

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Hartford Athletic Hartford Athletic is an American professional soccer team based in Hartford, Connecticut. The club was founded in 2018 and started play in the USL Championship in 2019. It is the only pro soccer team in Connecticut. History On June 8, 2021, Ha ...

on 13 January 2021. After joining

on 13 January 2021, he won his first match in charge 3–2 against

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on 30 April 2021. On 6 June 2021 in his fourth match he broke the club record for the biggest ever win in their history when he beat

7–0 at home who had seven MLS contracted players from the first team in the lineup. On 13 June 2021 he suffered his first loss in charge of Hartford Athletic in a 3–2 loss away to

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. On 25 June 2022, Watling resigned from his role as Hartford coach to attend family matters back home in England. On 25 July 2022, Watling was appointed first team coach at

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. On 28 November 2022, Watling joined Michael Beale in moving to Rangers.

Personal life

Watling is married to professional footballer and

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Ciara Watling Ciara Watling née Sherwood (born 18 August 1992) is a Northern Irish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southampton in the FA Women's Championship. Club career Watling joined Charlton Athletic at the age of 15 after a successful trial f ...

who currently plays for

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of the

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Managerial statistics

References

Living people Hartford Athletic coaches English expatriate sportspeople in the United States English football managers 1989 births USL Championship coaches Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff Millwall F.C. non-playing staff West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff Sportspeople from London English expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Rangers F.C. non-playing staff {{England-footy-manager-stub