Jimmy Coenraets
{{Short description|Belgian football manager (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
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|caption = Coenraets with the Utah Royals in 2025
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|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|03|25|df=y}}
|birth_place = Halle, Belgium
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|currentclub = Utah Royals (head coach)
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|manageryears1 = 2020–2024
|managerclubs1 = OH Leuven
|manageryears2 = 2024–
|managerclubs2 = Utah Royals
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Jimmy Coenraets (born 25 March 1995) is a Belgian professional football manager who is the head coach of the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). He was previously the manager of Belgian club OH Leuven.
Managerial career
=OH Leuven=
Coenraets began coaching in 2016. He studied marketing and international football business at the University of Brussels and earned a UEFA A Licence.{{cite news|url=https://www.rsl.com/utahroyals/news/utah-royals-fc-name-jimmy-coenraets-as-head-coach|title=Utah Royals FC Names Jimmy Coenraets As Head Coach|date=2024-10-24|publisher=Utah Royals|access-date=2024-10-24}} He became manager of Oud-Heverlee Leuven in 2020, when the club was bottom of the Belgian Women's Super League. He turned the club around as Leuven went 77–26–12 during his five seasons there.{{cite news|url=https://www.hln.be/sport-in-de-buurt/jimmy-coenraets-ruilt-ohl-voor-amerikaans-avontuur-leuven-was-geweldig-nu-wordt-utah-royals-een-nieuwe-uitdaging~a48742aa5/|title=Jimmy Coenraets ruilt OHL voor Amerikaans avontuur: 'Leuven was geweldig, nu wordt Utah Royals een nieuwe uitdaging'|last=Vandeweyer|first=Erik|date=2024-05-29|newspaper=Het Laatste Nieuws|language=nl}}{{cite news|url=https://www.footballdatabase.eu/en/player/details/418768-jimmy-coenraets|title=Jimmy Coenraets|website=FootballDatabase.eu|access-date=2024-06-30}} They finished as league runner-up to Anderlecht every year from 2020–21 to 2022–23 and were third in 2023–24, though they were top of the standings for the regular season.{{cite web|url=https://fbref.com/en/squads/696ced1d/history/OH-Leuven-Women-Stats-and-History|title=Oud-Heverlee Leuven Stats and History|website=FBref.com|access-date=2024-06-30}}
{{cite web|url=https://fbref.com/en/squads/231a3620/history/Anderlecht-Women-Stats-and-History|title=RSC Anderlecht Stats and History|website=FBref.com|access-date=2024-06-30}}{{cite news|url=https://www.hln.be/voetbal/vrouwen-anderlecht-kampioen-na-een-1-2-zege-op-het-veld-van-oh-leuven~a69e284c/|title=Vrouwen Anderlecht kampioen na een 1-2-zege op het veld van OH Leuven|last=Deferme|first=Dirk|newspaper=Het Laatste Nieuws|language=nl|access-date=2024-06-30}} Coenraets was named the league's manager of the year in 2021–22.
=Utah Royals=
Coenraets was hired as an assistant coach to Amy Rodriguez for National Women's Soccer League club Utah Royals on 7 June 2024.{{cite news|url=https://www.rsl.com/utahroyals/news/jimmy-coenraets-and-sam-lismont-join-utah-royals-fc-coaching-staff|title=Jimmy Coenraets And Sam Lismont Join Utah Royals FC Coaching Staff|date=2024-06-07|publisher=Utah Royals|access-date=2024-06-30}} He was elevated to interim head coach following Rodriguez's dismissal on 30 June, when the Royals were bottom of the NWSL.{{cite news|url=https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/40467356/last-place-utah-royals-fire-head-coach-amy-rodriguez|title=Last-place Utah Royals fire head coach Amy Rodriguez|last=Kassouf|first=Jeff|date=2024-06-30|publisher=ESPN|access-date=2024-06-30}} Coenraets oversaw a winning record over the rest of the year as the Royals won their group at the 2024 NWSL x Liga MX Femenil Summer Cup and rose to 10th place out of 14 in the regular season. On 24 October 2024, he was promoted to head coach through the 2027 season.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5868203/2024/10/24/utah-royals-hire-jimmy-coenraets-2027/|title=Utah Royals hire Jimmy Coenraets as head coach through 2027|date=2024-10-24|last=Linehan|first=Meg|website=The Athletic|access-date=2024-10-24}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Utah Royals managers}}
{{Utah Royals FC squad}}
{{National Women's Soccer League head coaches}}
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Category:People from Halle, Belgium
Category:Belgian football managers
Category:Belgian expatriate football managers
Category:Utah Royals FC head coaches
Category:National Women's Soccer League head coaches
Category:Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States
Category:Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the United States