Terry Westley (born 18 September 1959) is an association football coach and

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. Until 2011 he was the Academy Director at

Birmingham City Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, it was renamed Small Heath in 1888, Birmingham in 1905, and Birmingham City in 1943. Sin ...

and in July 2014 he was appointed to a similar role with

West Ham United West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club that plays its home matches in Stratford, East London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club plays at the London Stadium, hav ...

. He has had brief spells as manager at

Luton Town Luton Town Football Club () is a professional association football club based in the town of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, that competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1885, it is nicknam ...

in 1995 and

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 ...

in 2006.

Coaching and managerial career

Westley previously worked at

Rushden & Diamonds Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Nicknamed "The Diamonds", the club played at Nene Park. The club's main rivals were county neighbours Kettering Town F.C., Ke ...

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in ...

and

. At these clubs he was responsible for developing young players, who included

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, Richard Wright, Titus Bramble and Kevin Lisbie. At Derby, he oversaw the development of young stars such as Tom Huddlestone, Lee Holmes, Giles Barnes,

Lewin Nyatanga Lewin John Nyatanga (born 18 August 1988) is a Welsh former professional footballer who last played as a defender for League One club Northampton Town on loan from Barnsley. He previously played for Derby County and Bristol City, as well as ...

and

Miles Addison Miles Vivien Esifi Addison (born 7 January 1989) is an English footballer who plays for side Stratford Town, where he plays as a defender. Club career Derby County Though born in London, Addison moved to Nottingham at the age of three, where ...

. Westley took the helm at

in July 1995 after the departure of

David Pleat David John Pleat (born 15 January 1945) is an English football player turned manager, and sports commentator. Pleat made 185 Football League appearances for five clubs, scoring 26 goals. He had two spells as manager of Luton Town, and four as ...

. He saw out the 1994–95 football season with

finishing 16th in Division 1. The following season did not get off to a good start and Westley was sacked after a 0–4 defeat at

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. Westley was made caretaker manager of Derby County in January 2006 following the departure of Phil Brown. He lost his first game in charge 1–0 at home to

Sheffield United Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at ...

and despite not managing a win in four further outings, was made manager until the end of the season. His first victory was a 1–0 home win over Plymouth Argyle just two days later. Despite achieving his objective of keeping the club in the

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by the end of the season he was not offered the job of permanent manager, instead being replaced by Billy Davies. He joined

as director of their

youth academy In sporting terminology, a youth system (or youth academy) is a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team in the future if t ...

in 2006. In his first season, he led the under-18 side to the quarter-final of the FA Youth Cup, and two years later they reached the semi-final of the same competition. After completing a report to the club's board of directors, which contained recommendations needed to "push he Academyto the next level", Westley left the club by mutual consent in February 2011. In July 2014 Westley became academy director at West Ham United, replacing long-term incumbent, Tony Carr.

Performance by club

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Westley, Terry Living people Charlton Athletic F.C. non-playing staff English football managers Derby County F.C. managers Luton Town F.C. managers English Football League managers Birmingham City F.C. non-playing staff 1959 births West Ham United F.C. non-playing staff Sportspeople from Ipswich