Gordon Brett Added as Head Coach for 2025
The club are delighted to announce the appointment of Gordon Brett to work as Colin Fortune’s Head Coach with the ATAFC Senior Women’s Squad for the upcoming season.
Gordon is entering his 7th season coaching at the club since his return in 2019. He has coached U13, U14, U15, U16, U17 academy teams with medals during his tenure won at U13, U15 and U17 x 2. He had a previous stint as assistant manager of the senior men in 2007 and was U21 manager in 2004. He was Dermot Lennon’s head coach in 2022 and 2023 but also was manager outright of the senior men for a spell in the 2023 season.
Gordon played in the Premier & First Divisions with Athlone Town and Galway Utd in the 1990’s and is also a former manager and captain of the Irish Technical Colleges International team. He holds the UEFA A Licence, UEFA Elite Youth A Licence and an MSc. in Sport & Recreation Management. In his day job Gordon is the Head of Sport at TUS Midlands Campus.
On the appointment Colin said: “I’m absolutely delighted to get Gordon on board this season. Gordon is a top quality coach and will bring a wealth of experience to this group. He has all the qualities and characteristics that I admire in a coach and a person, and his work ethic and attention to detail is second to none.
At this level, you need to surround yourself with people you can trust and that you know will be as hard working as yourself. He thinks about the game in the same way as I do. A lot of his philosophies would align well with my own.
Gordon is a straight talker and won’t be afraid to voice his opinions. He will be a really good foil for myself, he’ll be great in and around the dressing room and more importantly his delivery of coaching sessions will to of top quality, he will improve the players and will challenge the players for them improvements during each interaction”.