In January 2024, Freya Coombe joined the Kansas City Current as assistant coach. She tells Carrie done what working under former USWNT coach Vlatko Andonovki looks like, and how she’s adapted to her first assistant role

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In June 2025, Sunderland Women head coach Melanie Reay was awarded the UEFA Pro Licence, eight years after achieving the A Licence. She tells Carrie Dunn about her experience of taking the qualification

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Liverpool Feds manager Leanne Duffy speaks to Carrie Dunn about club culture, recruiting players, what she asks from her team, and who she is as a coach.

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Join Carrie Dunn as she speaks to two coaches heading to Euro 2025.

Norway manager Gemma Grainger is leading the two-time European champions at Euro 2025. First up, she tells Carrie about her approach and her journey to the top.

Wales Women’s under-19s coach is at Euro 25 as part of the technical team for the senior side. She then speaks to Carrie about her role in Switzerland and the impact of tournament qualification on the pathway in Wales.

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North Carolina Courage assistant coach Emma Thomson has an important second job, as a mother. She tells Carrie Dunn more conversations must take place to improve support to women in the game trying to do both roles. 

That’s the call from ambitious Hungary head coach Alexandra Szarvas to clubs as she aims to improve her country’s fortunes. Carrie Dunn finds out how she got the national team job – and what she wants to do with it...

After roles with the England youth teams, Arsenal, Leicester and Brentford men’s U18s, Lydia Bedford’s next challenge is starting from scratch with Calgary Wild. She tells Carrie Dunn it’s a big job – but one she relishes...

It’s more than 6,000km from Lekeisha Gumbs’ home city of Leicester to her current role with Chicago City. She tells Carrie Dunn about her transatlantic life, the value of mentorship and why every player matters...

Juggling her dual role as head coach of Racing Louisville and parent to two young girls, Bev Yanez is busy. But, she tells Carrie Dunn, support from her players and staff has been vital – particularly after a personal tragedy.

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With silverware at Arsenal and Seattle, Laura Harvey has proved herself a champion on both sides of the Atlantic. She talks to Carrie Dunn about the advice that kickstarted it all and what she tells other women in coaching.