Neil has been a well known figure in the competitive soccer community for many years. He is well respected amongst his peers and has been a positive factor in countless players’ soccer development since moving to the USA permanently in 2011.
He will bring the same level of dedication and commitment to his new role as DOC of Jupiter United as he does to every team and player he has ever coached.
Neil started his coaching career at age 17 after gaining his FA Level 1 Certification. Since then he has gone on to gain further certification in everything from Goalkeeping to Injury Management.

The most notable of his current coaching awards include:
- UEFA B Coaching License
- United Soccer Coaches - Director of Coaching Diploma
- Bs Hons Degree - Sports Coaching
- United Soccer Coaches - Sports Performance Diploma

Having coached various teams across the UK and Australia, Neil moved to the USA in 2011 to work for Michigan Chill and then later Chicago Fire Jrs.
In 2013 Neil relocated to Florida, joining the Palm Beach Gardens Predators coaching staff. During his 4 successful seasons at Gardens, Neil helped increase the popularity of the program, with the club growing from 11 teams when he joined to 37 teams by the time he left in 2017 prior to their absorption of the FC Florida program.

Now entering his fifth season at Jupiter United, Neil has enjoyed countless successes with his teams. His goal now is to experience similar success with the club as a whole.

‘JUSC has always been a top developer of talent. With a relatively small player pool to work with in comparison to those clubs further south, we continue to produce incredible teams and outstanding talent. This is solely down to our fantastic coaching staff and our player focused curriculum. JUSC is a club where an absolute beginner can elevate their game to elite level in just a few seasons.
I want to do my part in changing the culture of soccer in America where the focus currently is on the leagues rather than the clubs. I feel a club’s reputation for developing players should be the reason to want to play for them. If you think about the best youth academies in the world, Barcelona, Lyon, Ajax, Sporting Lisbon, they have all built a reputation for their ability to produce the greatest players in the game. Most people will know that Lionel Messi and Christiano Ronaldo graduated from the Barcelona and Sporting Lisbon academies respectively, but not many will know what leagues they played in. That is the mentality I want to nurture at Jupiter United. I want our former players to say with pride ‘I played for Jupiter United’.