MCKINSTRYJOHNATHAN

CURRICULUM VITAE

UEFAPro Licenced

Coach

coach@johnnymckinstry.com

+44 (0)7743 066624

www.johnnymckinstry.com

http://lnked.in/jmck

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

COACHING QUALIFICATIONS

UEFAPro Licence – 2016A Licence – 2009 B Licence – 2003

The FAAcademy Managers’ Licence – 2013 Emergency First Aid CertificateSafeguarding Children Certificate

NSCAAPremier Diploma – 2011 National Goalkeeping Diploma – 2008 National Youth Diploma – 2008

COERVERYouth Diploma 1 – 2012

AcademicPG. Cert. in Performance Coaching – 2015 BSc. (HONS) in Sport Science w. Coaching – 2007

MANAGEMENT / COACHING CAREER

Rwanda National Team Head CoachMarch

2015 -August

2016

Key Achievements

Guided Rwanda to the Final of the CECAFA Challenge Cup 2015 (East & Central African Championship), Rwanda’s best performance at CECAFA for 16 years.

Led Rwanda to Quarter Finals of CAF Nations Championship 2016. The first time in their history the team had progressed to the knock out stages of a major tournament.

In first competitive game as Head Coach, guided Rwanda Senior men’s national team to their first competitive away victory in four years.

Named ‘Coach of the Tournament’ at the CECAFA Challenge Cup 2015.

Coached Rwanda to their biggest ever win in CAF/FIFA qualifying (5-0)

Sierra Leone National Team Head CoachApril

2013 -Sept

2014

Key Achievements

Guided Sierra Leone to their highest ever rankings both continentally (7th in CAF) and globally (50th in FIFA)

Recorded an undefeated home record throughout role as Head Coach.

Guided the team to the final qualifying stages of the 2015 CAF Nations Cup, progressing through two knockoutqualification rounds.

Successfully negotiated with a number of second-generation Sierra Leoneans who had been born and grown up abroad to return to play for the country of their heritage, with a number having previously represented the country of their birth at youth international level.

Reduced the average age of the playing squad from 30 at the time of appointment to 23 over the course of 18months, whilst maintaining a competitive performance level and moving up in the FIFA World Rankings.

At the time of appointment, became the youngest Head Coach working in International Football, aged 27.

“It stands testament to his adaptability, hunger and talent that in an era where we demand more British coaches andplayers try... abroad, that McKinstry has tamed the toughest challenges and risen to become one of the best youngmanagers in football today”

- These Football Times, 23/10/2015

With experience of coaching in Europe, North America and Africa, Coach McKinstry has a track record of consistently raisingperformance at elite level - by developing teams, players and staff.

Experienced: Head Coach, Rwanda National Team; Head Coach, Sierra Leone National Team; Academy Manager, Craig BellamyFoundation; Academy Coach, Right to Dream and New York Red Bulls.

Successful: Sierra Leone - highest ever FIFA World Ranking (50th); Rwanda - best major tournament performance; Quarter-Finalsof CHAN (2016), Final of CECAFA (2015),

Qualified: European (UEFA Pro Licence); American (NSCAA Premier Diploma) and university qualified (Performance Coaching;Sports Science).

Recognised: ‘Coach of the Tournament’ (East & Central African Football Championship); UK Grassroots ‘Coach of the Year’.

CAREER HONOURS & ACHIEVEMENTS

DEVELOPING NETWORKS & CONTINUED LEARNING

“Leone Stars shine with purpose… what is even more remarkable is what the young Northern Irishman has done withthe Sierra Leone team. In the August FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking the Leone Stars are ranked 50th in the world andseventh in Africa – higher than they have ever been” - FIFA.com, 04/09/2014

Throughout his career, Johnathan has continually gained success at all levels of the game. Not only has he guided playersand teams to higher levels of performance on the field, but his peers have also recognized him individually on a number ofoccasions for his continued commitment to excellence.

HONOUR / ACHIEVEMENT DATE

CECAFA Cup 2015 ‘Coach of the Tournament’ – Head Coach of Rwanda who finished 2nd 2015

Sport NI High Performance Coaching of the Year nominee 2014

FIFA World Ranking record – Record position for Sierra Leone (50th ) 2014

Nike Premier Cup African Champions – Right to Dream Academy U-15 2010

Lucozade Sport Coach of the Year runner-up – Outstanding Team Motivation category 2007

Team of the Year – Sport Northumbria awards 2007

National Cup Winners – British Universities 2007

League Champions – British Universities (Northern Conference) 2007

League Champions – British Universities (Northern Conference) 2006

UK Grassroots Coach of the Year – awarded by Manchester United 2006

TELEVISION & MEDIA

In addition to his work within the football industry as an elite level coach, Johnathanhas also extensive experience of working with all forms of the media industry.Previously Johnathan has appeared on television as a pundit for ITV during their 2015African Cup of Nations coverage as well as a guest on BBC’s Football Focus in 2014.

In addition to this Johnathan was a speaker at the 2013 SoccerEx conference in SouthAfrica, and has also had feature interviews with many of the leading television, radioand print media outlets such as Supersport, beIN Sports, Radio5 Live, TalkSport, TheGuardian, The Times and many more.

With the game of football constantly breaking new ground in terms of training methodology, sport science support and theintegration of performance analytics in pursuit of improved individual and team performance, there is a growing importancefor coaches to remain up to date with the variety of modern practices being employed at the elite level of the game.

To this end, in addition to the various FIFA and independent conferences that he attends, Johnathan has always dedicatedtime to continuous learning and developing his professional network through time spent with leading coaches and clubsthroughout the world. This has included official visits with Alan Pardew (Crystal Palace, 2016), Roberto Martinez (Everton,2015), Gary Monk (Swansea City, 2015), Robbie Neilson (Heart of Midlothian, 2016), Alan Archibald (Partick Thistle, 2016) andAlan Stubbs (Hibernian, 2015) amongst others in Europe, Asia and Africa.

ADDITIONAL MANAGEMENT / COACHING CAREER

ORGANISATION POSITION

Craig Bellamy Foundation Academy Manager Jan 2012 - Dec 2014

Craig Bellamy Foundation Technical Director Jan 2010 - Dec 2011

Right to Dream Academy Interim Head Coach Jan 2010 - Aug 2010

New York Red Bulls Pre-Academy Coach Aug 2007 - Dec 2009

Northumbria University Men’s Performance Coach Sep 2005 - May 2007

Newcastle United Player Development Coach Sep 2004 - Oct 2006