Highly Qualified & Experienced Coaches
The club has an excellent, experienced coaching system of qualified coaches who volunteer their own time to train our athletes each week.
- All Coaches
- Endurance Coaches
- Hurdles, Pole Vault & Wheelchair Coaches
- Multi-Event Coaches
- Sprint Coaches
- Young Athlete Coaches

Philip Walker
Qualification(s): Assistant Coach
About:
Specialism: Coaching the Leeds Lions - school Y4 and Y5
Availability: Thursday from 17:30 – 18:30

Wondimu Keno Wodajo
Qualification(s): Technical knowledge sprints, hurdles, jumps & throws
About:
Specialism: Technical knowledge spread across; sprints, hurdles, jumps and throws
Event group coach specialising in endurance and middle distance running - ages 14 - 18yrs
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 7pm to 8pm

Matty Harrison
Qualification(s): Level 1
About: Matty is a well established athlete who regularly competes for the club in endurance and is a key member of the senior team.
He is also the team manager for the U17-U20 YDL team as well as being the Club Welfare Officer.
Matty has been involved with Leeds City AC for over 12 years.
Specialism: Coaches the Leeds Lions - school Y4 & Y5, U11, U13 & U15 sprints and intermediate endurance athletes.
Team manager for the U17-U20 YDL team.
Availability: To be confirmed

Paul Moseley
Qualification(s): Sprints Coach (Level 3), Endurance, Speed & Throws Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach (Level 1)
About:
Specialism: Children in Athletics leader and dedicated wheelchair racing coach.
Also coaches in discus, hammer, pole vault and triple jump.
Availability: Thursday from 19:00 – 20:00

Mike Stayman
Qualification(s): High Jump Coach (Level 4), Triple Jump & Long Jump Coach (Level 3), Jumps, Speed & Throws Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach (Level 1)
About: Mike coaches a large group of intermediate and senior athletes for all track and field events needed for pentathlon, heptathlon and decathlon (Age dependent).
Specialism: Jumps, Speed & Throws
Availability: To be confirmed

Alan Childs
Qualification(s): Sprints Coach (Level 3), Performance Coach (Level 3), Jumps, Speed & Throws Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach (Level 1)
About: Alan coaches a small group of intermediate athletes for all track and field events every Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00 – 20:00. Alan also coaches hurdles on an ad hoc basis to any interested athletes on Fridays from 17:30.
Specialism: Sprints, Performance, Jumps, Speed & Throws
Availability: Tuesday & Thursday from 18:00 – 20:00, Fridays from 17:30

Celia De Maria
Qualification(s): Coaching Assistant
About: Celia leads a group of senior endurance athletes.
Specialism: Endurance
Availability: Tuesdays 6.30pm - 8pm

Phil Townsend
Qualification(s): Endurance Coach
About:
Specialism: Senior Endurance group coach and trains athletes of 16 years old and over on distances of 800m to marathons. These endurance athletes are at an international level with a minimum time of approximately 40 minutes and under for a distance of 10k.
Availability: Tuesdays 6.30pm - 8pm, Thursdays 6.30pm - 8pm

Martin Oddy
Qualification(s): Endurance Coaching Assistant
About:
Specialism: Part of the Intermediate Endurance Group coaching team who train every Tuesday and Thursday from 19:00 – 20:00
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 19:00 – 20:00

Eddy Gregorczyk
Qualification(s): Endurance Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach (Level 1)
About:
Specialism: Leads the Intermediate Endurance group
Availability: Thursday from 19:00 – 20:00

Mark Hunter
Qualification(s): Endurance Athletics Coach (Level 2)
About:
Specialism: Coaches young endurance athletes every Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Part of the Intermediate Endurance Athletes coaching team who train every Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00

Judith Owen
Qualification(s): Speed Coach (Level 2) & Assistant Coach
About:
Specialism: Coaches young athletes every Tuesday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Availability: Tuesday from 18:00 – 19:00

Kath Best
Qualification(s): Assistant Coach
About:
Specialism: Children in Athletics Coach. Coaches young athletes every Tuesday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Availability: Tuesday from 18:00 – 19:00

Martyn Hart
Qualification(s): Coaching Assistant
About: Coaches young athletes every Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00.
Specialism: Specialises in throwing events.
Availability: Thursday from 18:00 – 19:00

Godfrey Brown
Qualification(s): Athletics Coach (Level 2)
About: Sprints and multi events coach
Specialism: Coaches a group of multi-event young athletes every Tuesday and Thursday from 18:30.
Availability: Tuesday and Thursday from 17:30 – 19:30
NEW MEMBERS WELCOME
Come and join us!
We have a wide range of coaches and sessions to suit most needs, and we welcome new members.
BEFORE JOINING AS A MEMBER:
We operate a 6-week ‘taster session’ (or trial period) to ensure the club is right for you before you commit to joining.