Stars Football Academy Annual 2019

We are so proud to have Daryl Willard
as our Director of Football. He
is a UEFA PRO qualified coach with
Premier League experience as a
youth coach at both Tottenham
Hotspur and Chelsea. He has International
experience as the Sporting
Director of Azerbaijan and worked
closely with Tony Adams. To top it
all he is a thoroughly decent person
too!
He is honest and realistic about
players and their potential and
has a wealth of real life experience
in professional football which he
brings to bear in the day to day running
of the academy.
As part of his UEFA PRO licence
qualification he has to attend various
refresher courses from time to
time in areas such as safeguarding
and coaching technique.
Just recently he took a group of
young boys as part of his latest
evaluation and assessment at Crystal
Palace Academy.
Of course he passed this session
with flying colours!
Daryl said:
‘I look forward to these sessions
with the FA as it is great to encounter
new coaching scenarios. I am
always immersing myself in the
melting pot of the latest coaching
technique from across the world.
These FA days provide great opportunities
to work with new faces
in the players and coaches and to
encounter new environments. My
belief is that a coach never stops
growing and can always develop
and refine their technique and as
such I am always looking at and
talking football to continue my personal
professional development.’
As parents you know that we have a
great modern thinking coach who is
progressive and of course regularly
independently assessed for quality
so you can rest assured your children
are receiving the absolute best
football training at Stars Football.