Jed Davies
{{Short description|Welsh football coach (born 1988)}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
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| caption = Jed Davies with Patrice Gheisar, HFX Wanderers FC 2024
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| fullname = Jed Cynan Davies
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1988|1|6}}
| birth_place = Cardiff, Wales
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}
| position = Defender
| currentclub = UPEI Panthers
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| youthyears1 = 2000-2004
| youthclubs1 = Cirencester Town
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| manageryears1 = 2013–2014
| managerclubs1 = Oxford University
| manageryears2 = 2016–2019
| managerclubs2 = Ottawa Fury (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 2021–2022
| managerclubs3 = Miami FC (assisant)
| manageryears4 = 2023–2025
| managerclubs4 = HFX Wanderers
| manageryears5 = 2025-
| managerclubs5 = UPEI Panthers
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Jed Davies (born 6 January 1988) is a Welsh{{cite web|url=http://ehahu.com/?view=sport&link=640&SNID=291|title=Canadian Soccer Youth Spotted By Soccer Coach|accessdate=31 July 2016}} professional football coach who currently is the head coach of UPEI Panthers.
Coaching career
=Oxford University AFC=
Davies worked at Oxford University AFC{{cite web|url=http://www.ouafc.com/players/view/4403/Jed-Davies|title=Profiles OUAFC|accessdate=9 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103053123/http://www.ouafc.com/players/view/4403/Jed-Davies|archive-date=3 January 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/id-ID/news/1387/nasional/2014/07/24/4979839/catatan-wfa-expert-meeting-2014-mulailah-dari-sepakbola|title=Goal.com|accessdate=10 August 2016}} alongside Mickey Lewis and Jon Collins from 2013 to 2014 before going on to work with Magnus Pehrsson, Manager of the Estonia national football team in 2015.{{cite web|url=https://justkickinitpod.com/2016/07/08/episode-54-jed-davies/|title=JustKickinitPod.com|accessdate=10 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawafuryfc.com/news/2016/08/09/fury-fc-add-jed-davies-as-assistant-coach|title=Ottawa Fury Announce New Coach|accessdate=10 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://www.football-soccer-camps.com/blog/coachs-training-young-players//|title=Football Soccer Camps|accessdate=10 August 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thisisanfield.com/author/jeddavies/|title=ThisisAnfield.com|accessdate=10 August 2016}}
=Ottawa Fury FC=
On 9 August 2016, Davies was hired by USL Championship side Ottawa Fury FC alongside Bruce Grobbelaar, Julian de Guzman and Martin Nash as a first team assistant coach, working under head coach Paul Dalglish.{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawafuryfc.com/news/2016/08/09/fury-fc-add-jed-davies-as-assistant-coach|title=Ottawa Fury Announce New Coach|accessdate=10 August 2016}}
=Miami FC=
Davies moved to Miami FC in the USL Championship In 2021 as an assistant coach.{{cite web |last1=Communications |first1=Miami FC |title=Jed Davies Announced as The Miami FC Assistant Coach |url=https://www.miamifc.com/news_article/show/1142621 |website=Miami FC |access-date=26 January 2021 |language=en-us |date=26 January 2021}}
=Ottawa St. Anthony Futuro Soccer Academy=
Davies worked as Head of Player Development at Ottawa St. Anthony Futuro Soccer Academy between July 2014 and February 2023. Tyr Walker, Antoine Coupland, Noah Abatneh, Eric Lajeunesse and Elage Bah were graduates who went on to play professionally in the Canadian Premier League and MLS. Sadie Sider-Echenberg, another graduate from the same age group at the club went on to play for Le Havre AC and became the youngest goal scorer in Division 1 Féminine in the club's history.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=New Head Coach |url=https://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2024/12/jed-davies-named-new-head-coach-upei-soccer-panthers |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=UPEI.Ca |language=en-US}}
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| quote = "One of the assistants for Halifax Wanderers, his name is Jed Davies, he taught me a lot about the tactical side of the game and a lot of the technical skills I use today is a product of the repetition I was doing at those ages."
| source = — Noah Abatneh (York United FC) and the role coaches played on his youth development.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=NationalCoachesWeek |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAD9izARx8c/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=Instagram |language=en-US}}
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=HFX Wanderers FC=
On 6 February 2023, head coach Patrice Gheisar named Jed Davies as an Assistant Coach and Head of Youth Development at HFX Wanderers FC in the Canadian Premier League
In the club announcement HFX Wanderers Founder and President Derek Martin said:
“Jed's addition represents a significant investment on our behalf to improve the development pathway in our region, It remains our goal to see multiple Atlantic Canadian players earn their way onto the Wanderers’ first-team roster.” {{Cite web |date=2023-02-06 |title=Wanderers announce full soccer operations staff for 2023 |url=https://hfxwanderersfc.canpl.ca/article/wanderers-announce-full-soccer-operations-staff-for-2023 |access-date=2023-02-06 |website=Halifax Wanderers |language=en-US}}
During his time with HFX Wanderers, the club recorded its highest league finish in club history (2023 season) and a number of players from the HFX Wanderers under-21 team made their professional debuts including Camilo Vasconcelos, Jefferson Alphonse and Aiden Rushenas.
=UPEI Panthers=
On 18 December 2024, Jed Davies was named the new head coach of UPEI Soccer Panthers, taking over from Lewis Page who had departed to become head coach of Halifax Tides FC after 25 seasons with UPEI Soccer Panthers.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-17 |title=New Head Coach |url=https://www.upei.ca/communications/news/2024/12/jed-davies-named-new-head-coach-upei-soccer-panthers |access-date=2024-12-17 |website=UPEI.Ca |language=en-US}}
Coach education
Davies was a co-founder of Inspire Football Coach Education UK, a coach education company that featured the likes of Dick Bate, Raymond Verheijen, FC Barcelona's Albert Capellas, Brian Ashton and many other reputable guests.{{cite web|url=http://www.inspirecoaches.com/|title=Inspire Coach Education|accessdate=31 July 2016}}
Davies has presented for a number of clubs and coach education companies and events such as the World Football Academy Expert Meeting, owned by Dutch coach Raymond Verheijen. Verheijen (former Wales Assistant Manager) referred to Davies as one of the "next generation" of coaches who he appreciated as an educator of football tactics.{{cite web|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/raymondverheije/status/485830998207115265|title=Raymond Verheijen on Jed Davies|accessdate=31 July 2016}}
In 2019, Davies became a professor at the University of Ottawa where he taught Strategy in Sport: Association Football.{{cite web|url=https://uniweb.uottawa.ca/members/4054/profile|title=University of Ottawa Professor Profile|accessdate=22 November 2019}}
Published books
In 2013 Davies published Coaching the Tiki-Taka Style of Play,{{cite book|url=http://shop.soccertutor.com/Coaching-the-Tiki-Taka-Style-of-Play-p/st-b019.htm|title=Coaching the Tiki-Taka Style of Play|accessdate=31 July 2016|publisher=Soccer Tutor}} a book positively reviewed by Eddie Howe among many others.{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/watch/video/tv-shows/soccer-am/9272993/inside-afc-bournemouth-19th-april/|title=Eddie Howe reading Coaching The Tiki-Taka Style of Play by Jed Davies |accessdate=31 July 2016}} Eddie Howe commented how the book was one of "Inspiration, different ideas and new angles that can make you better" during his Soccer AM interview on Sky Sports.
The Philosophy of Football: In Shadows of Marcelo Bielsa{{cite book|url=https://shop.soccertutor.com/the-football-philosophy-of-marcelo-bielsa-ebook|title=The Philosophy of Football: In Shadows of Marcelo Bielsa|accessdate=24 July 2020|publisher=SoccerTutor}} was published in 2016. The book included insights from Michael Beale, Mark Sampson, Chris Davies and those close to the working methods of Marcelo Bielsa.{{cite book|url=http://www.blueprintforfootball.com/2016/07/breaking-down-bielsas-philosophy-of.html?m=1|title=BluePrintforFootball.com|accessdate=31 July 2016|publisher=BluePrintforFootball}}
References
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