Lincoln City Women have confirmed Charlotte Dinsdale as their new head coach as part of the summer restructure.
Dinsdale, who is business development manager at EFL In The Community, has gained coaching experience with Middlesbrough and Sheffield FC, following her playing career and has been leading training for a number of weeks.
Her appointment comes as a new first-team coaching team is appointed to lead the restructure, designed to maximise the opportunities for progression within the club’s female pathway.
She said: “With the women’s team coming together with the Academy, with access to the great facilities that brings, it’s a really exciting project. That gives us a really good structure with a goalkeeping coach, strength and conditioning coach, video analysis and other support such as being able to make full use of a fantastic gym on site.
“I’ve been really impressed with the support of the club, there’s a real professional setup being put in place alongside the pathway to support women and girls in Lincolnshire.”
Dinsdale will be joined by goalkeeping coach George Bellerby, strength and conditioning coach Josh McLauchlan and physio Mark Jansen. A further first-team coach will be appointed in due course.
In Lincoln City’s announcement, technical director Jon Pepper added: “Charlotte is a really talented young coach who joined our team this summer and we believe will go far, she’s already put together a structure to support the squad both in terms of coaching and additional provision to support player development mirroring the ideology applied in the males’ pathway.
“This is all part of the ambition to provide a clear pathway for any girl in Lincolnshire to develop with us and progress right the way into our first-team, as part of a long-term development strategy mirroring the already established and successful pathway for boys through the Academy.”
The Imps FA Women’s National League season starts on Saturday, August 18, with the visit of Loughborough Lightning.
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