Mike Norris
Personal information
Full name Michael Norris[1]
Date of birth (1979-10-08) 8 October 1979[2]
Place of birth Ashington, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 m)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Portland Thorns FC (head coach)
Youth career
Years Team
Cramlington Juniors
England Boys Club
York City
Managerial career
2007–2014 Mountain United FC (GK coach)
2009–2013 Quest University Kermodes (assistant/GK coach)
2009–2013 Quest University Kermodes Women (GK coach)
2013–2015 UBC Thunderbirds Women (GK coach)
2014–2016 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy (GK coach)
2014–2019 Canada U20 Women (GK coach)
2014 Canada U15 Women (GK coach)
2015 Canada U23 Women (GK coach)
2018 Canada U17 Women (GK coach)
2019 Canada U17 (GK coach)
2019–2021 Canada Women (GK coach)
2022–2023 Portland Thorns FC (assistant)
2023– Portland Thorns FC

Michael Norris (born 8 October 1979) is an English football manager who is currently the head coach of the Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League.

Playing career

Norris played youth football as a goalkeeper for Cramlington Juniors, England Boys Club and York City.[3][4]

Coaching career

Norris earned his FA Preliminary Licence (now known as the FA Coaching Level 2 Licence) in 1998, as well as his FA Goalkeeper Coaching Level 2 Licence in the same year. He earned his Canada Soccer Coaching B Diploma in 2014, followed by a Coaching A Diploma in 2019.[2]

After settling in Vancouver in 2006, his former goalkeeping coach Simon Smith also arrived in the area. Smith hired Norris to work at the new Simon Smith Goalkeeping Academy. Norris would later on set up his own academy program, Michael Norris Pro Goalkeeping.[4] In 2007, he began coach in Burnaby for youth club Mountain FC, later known as Mountain United FC, where he served until 2014. In 2009, he began working as the goalkeeping coach for the men's and women's football teams of Quest University in Canada. He also served as an assistant coach for the men's team. In 2013, he left to become the goalkeeping coach for the UBC Thunderbirds women's football team at the University of British Columbia, where he worked until 2015. From 2014 to 2016,[5] he worked at the Vancouver Whitecaps FC Academy, serving as the goalkeeping coach for men's and women's youth teams.[6]

In 2014, Norris began working as a goalkeeping coach for various Canadian youth national teams. This included the under-15, under-17, under-20 and under-23 women's teams, as well as the under-17 men's team at the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. In late 2019, he began working as the set piece and goalkeeping coach for the Canada women's senior national team. The team went on to win the gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Football Tournament.[2]

The following year, Norris joined Portland Thorns FC in the National Women's Soccer League as an assistant coach.[7][8] The team won the championship in the 2022 season, though coach Rhian Wilkinson resigned at the end of the season.[9] On 9 January 2023, Norris was appointed as head coach of the Portland Thorns.[5][10]

Personal life

Norris was born in Ashington and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne.[2] Since 2006 he has lived in Burnaby, British Columbia, with his wife and two daughters.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 – Squad List: Canada (CAN)" (PDF). FIFA. 5 August 2021. p. 3. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Michael Norris". Canadian Soccer Association. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Mike Norris". UBC Thunderbirds. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 Lypka, Ben (27 January 2012). "Life between the pipes". Squamish Chief. Glacier Media. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 "Assistant coach Mike Norris appointed Thorns FC head coach". Portland Thorns FC. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  6. ↑ "Michael Norris". Retrieved 9 January 2023 – via LinkedIn.
  7. ↑ "NWSL's Portland Thorns welcome former Canadian coach Mike Norris to staff". CBC Sports. The Canadian Press. 29 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  8. ↑ "Thorns FC announce addition of assistant coach Mike Norris". Portland Thorns FC. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  9. ↑ "Thorns FC head coach Rhian Wilkinson to resign". Portland Thorns FC. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  10. ↑ "Portland Thorns promote assistant Mike Norris to head coach". The Athletic. 9 January 2023. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
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