David Coles (footballer)


David Andrew Coles is a goalkeeping coach who is the goalkeeper coach of England U18.
He was the goalkeeping coach at Southampton F.C. from 1997 for 8 years which included their run to the F.A. Cup final. He then worked as the goalkeeping coach for their South Coast rivals Portsmouth F.C. before moving to West Ham United in July 2010. He parted company with the club on 24 June 2011, following the arrival of Sam Allardyce before joining Al Jazira.
On 21 November 2013, Coles rejoined Portsmouth as goalkeeping coach. On 23 January 2014, he replaced Lee Kendall as goalkeeping coach at Bristol City, who left the position for the England Women's goalkeeping coach with the FA. On 8 Jun 2019, Coles parted company with Bristol City.
In his playing days, Coles was a goalkeeper in the lower leagues, mainly at Aldershot. He also played briefly in Finland 1988 and at non-league Gloucester City and Cobham.