Recruitment Lead at Arsenal Women, one of England most high profile and successful women's football programs.Kevin's extensive career already spans 2 decades and encompasses time spent at International youth level with Scotland and at major clubs like Rangers in the technical area. While he also goes into detail about what it takes to be Technical Director of clubs like Manchester City. Kevin walks us through his insights on the value of volunteering and "taking the opportunities others wont". Offers insights on supercharging your development and shares an amazing segment on dealing with Imposter syndrome. His take on filtering out industry noise is worth listening to alone. You will love his concept of turning the volume up and down at times in your career, thats a game changer...and his advice for aspiring coaches and people already in the industry on connecting with players on deeper level than the just the x's and o's of the game is gold dust.Ever wondered what a Technical director at clubs like Manchester City are looking for from aspiring coaches when recruiting coaches into the professional game. Kevin tells us right here on the ProPlayer podcast. As if thats not enough, Kevin shares his wealth of experience helping you with a section on how to have difficult Conversations and the segment on players reaching their potential, growth and maturation will turn heads and shape future discourse on the matter in the years to come. Also for the first time dont miss his great advice for parents on what to expect and ask for from their children's soccer programs.Kevin signs off in the real world as he discusses with us what life in professional football is really like. The "Hidden Hours" as he cals it - and how to balance your life, even as you start out, while still being the best version of you at work. Kevin gives great context to aspiring coaches about what you give up and what you miss in life to be in professional football and leaves us with the message that we should "Never forget the impact we have on the young people we are coaching". A must listen for anyone in or aspiring toward the professional football industry.