{"id":43996,"date":"2023-07-04T22:54:36","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T22:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/2023\/07\/04\/hannah-dingley-forest-green-rovers-name-first-female-boss-of-a-mens-professional-football-side\/"},"modified":"2023-07-04T22:54:36","modified_gmt":"2023-07-04T22:54:36","slug":"hannah-dingley-forest-green-rovers-name-first-female-boss-of-a-mens-professional-football-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusefornews.com\/?p=43996","title":{"rendered":"Hannah Dingley: Forest Green Rovers name first female boss of a men’s professional football side"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hannah Dingley has been Forest Green Rovers’ academy manager for almost four years since taking over when the club joined the EFL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Forest Green Rovers have named Hannah Dingley as their new caretaker boss, making her the first woman to manage a professional men’s team in English football.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The League Two side sacked Duncan Ferguson on Tuesday after just six months in charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Forest Green announced Dingley, the club’s academy head, would be put in caretaker charge of the first team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Her first match in charge will be a friendly at Melksham Town on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 39-year-old said: “I’m really excited for this next step of my career. Pre-season has just begun, and the full season kicks off very soon. <\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s an exciting time in football. I am grateful for the opportunity to step up and lead such a progressive and forward-thinking club.”<\/span><\/p>\n

She first joined the club in 2019 to take charge of the academy and remains the only woman to manage a men’s English Football League academy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dingley also initiated the club’s girls academy which launched in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n

She has a Uefa Pro Licence and previously worked at Burton Albion<\/span><\/p>\n

“Hannah was the natural choice for us to be first team interim head coach – she’s done a fantastic job leading our academy and is well aligned with the values of the club,” club chairman Dale Vince said<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s perhaps telling for the men’s game that in making this appointment on merit, we’ll break new ground – and Hannah will be the first female head coach in English [men’s] football.”<\/span><\/p>\n

‘More than capable of coaching at a men’s level’<\/h3>\n

Dingley <\/span>spoke to BBC<\/span><\/a> Points West in March about breaking down barriers in the sport.<\/span><\/p>\n

“You’ve got a responsibility as the first to open the doors for others and to encourage others,” she said.<\/span><\/p>\n

“You always say if you don’t see it, you’re probably not going to be it. The fact that I do this I hope it encourages more females to come into coaching, into football, into different roles. I feel a great responsibility to talk about that.”<\/span><\/p>\n

She said at the time that she did not think it would be long until a woman took charge of a men’s professional team.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It will come in sooner than you think,” Dingley said. “The success that the Lionesses are having, that Emma Hayes is having at Chelsea. <\/span><\/p>\n

“There are others, really good female coaches out there who I have more than faith in would be more than capable of coaching at a men’s level.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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