PRO COACH CRICKET ACADEMY COACHES
Cricket coaching by professionals
Andrew Gale
Andrew has played over 40 games for Yorkshire.
He has represented England at all junior levels and was awarded Yorkshire’s Player of the Year for 2006.

Andrew is a ECB level 3 cricket coach and has coached the Yorkshire Academy and run courses in Bradford, Bridlington and Leeds areas. He has also coached at the World Cricket Academy in Mumbai.
Kevin Sharp
Kevin has scored over 14,000 runs for Yorkshire in a first class career that spanned for 14 years.

Kevin has immense experience in coaching, he has coached Shropshire, Leeds/Bradford Universities and now is the batting coach for the Yorkshire first team. Kevin is a ECB level 4 coach.
Richard Blakey
Richard has represented England 5 times and played a mammoth 739 games for Yorkshire.

Richard was the Yorkshire’s first team wicketkeeper for 15 years and has immense experience in playing and coaching. Richard is a ECB level 4 coach, and was part of the Yorkshire coaching staff for 3 years.
Anthony McGrath
Anthony has represented England 18 times and scored over 15,000 first class and list A runs, and has over 90 first class wickets to his name. Over the past 3 seasons Anthony has been prolific in scoring runs and in the 2006 season averaged 60 in the first class game.

Anthony is a level 2 ECB coach and his speciality is running batting master classes.
 
Mathew Wood
Mathew has represented England at junior level before progressing on to Academy in 2001-02. Matthew has played over 300 games for Yorkshire and has even done a stint at captaining the county. Matthew has become an integral part of Yorkshire’s batting line up in recent years.

Matthew is a level 3 ECB coach and has tremendous experience in coaching all levels of ability.

Tim Bresnan
Tim broke on to the England scene last summer when he played a part in the one day series against Sri Lanka. Tim has been on tour in Bangladesh during the winter representing England A. Tim has already had a very successful career at the tender age of 22, he has over 200 wickets for Yorkshire.

Tim is specialised in coaching fast bowling and has already experience in running clinics throughout Yorkshire.

Simon Guy
Simon has kept wicket for Yorkshire over 50 times for Yorkshire. Simon broke onto the county scene in the year 2000 with an immediate impact, he took 5 catches on his debut and has continued to be an integral part of the Yorkshire squad.

Simon is a level 3 ECB coach and has a already had an impact in teaching wicket keeping to adults and children across Yorkshire and Durham.

Mark Lawson
Mark has already made a huge impact on county cricket at the age of 21. Mark is has already taken 4 five wicket hauls for Yorkshire, life is not always easy as a young leg spinner in county cricket but Mark has taken to it like a duck to water.

Mark is a level 2 ECB coach and he specialises in coaching spin.

 

Chris Taylor
Chris is one of Pro Coach's Head Coach and Company Director. Chris has run the Derbyshire Academies over the last few years. We are looking forward to Chris being a part of our business and bringing his new ideas in coaching to all the young cricketers we provide coaching for throughout the North of England.

Chris is an ECB level 2 coach, he specialises is batting.

 

Sam Anderson
Sam is the manager of Yorkshire Schools U11 team. Sam represented Yorkshire at junior level as a wicket keeper and now captains Spen Victoria in the Bradford League.

Sam is an ECB level 3 coach and has coached the Yorkshire Academy. He is a highly regarded young and up and coming coach by Yorkshire CCC.

 

Chris Brice
Chris spent four years on the Yorkshire Academy before taking up a career in fitness, strength and conditioning. Chris now spends his time running his own fitness company.

Chris is a ECB level 2 coach and specifies in fitness and spin bowling.