Rowland Winter
Rowland Winter (born 17 February 1985) is a British rugby union Director of Rugby and coach.
Coaching career
History
Winter began his coaching career at Northampton Saints, in a number of roles within the Junior Academy and Community Development. During his early 20s, Winter enjoyed successful league and cup wins as Head coach at both Northampton BBOB RFC[1] and Bedford Athletic.[2] He has successful coaching experience in the England U-20s Counties structure, whilst also leading the senior Eastern Counties team to a County Cup Final at Twickenham in 2015.
From February 2013 Winter was appointed Director of Rugby at Cambridge RFC, and led them to win the English National League 2 in 2015-16, restructuring all playing aspects of the club over a successful three year period.
In May 2016 he was appointed Director of Rugby at Coventry RFC, leading them to win the English National League 1 in the 2017-18 season.[3][4] In May 2018 he signed a contract extension to 2022.[5]
Winter led Coventry to an 8th place finish, and cup quarter final in their first season back in the Greene King IPA Championship finished in 2018-19. To date, this is the most successful and highest place finish from any promoted side in the history of the competition.
References
- "Northampton BBOB RFC". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- "Bedford Athletic announce First XV captain - News - Bedford Athletic Rugby Club". Pitchero.com. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- "Coventry lift National League One trophy in front of record Butts Park Arena crowd of 3,758 after 38-21 win over Hull Ionians - CoventryLive". Coventrytelegraph.net. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- Heal, Chris. "Rowland Winter's Coventry side are heading in the right direction". NCA Rugby. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/rugby/coventry-rowland-winter-14684498
- "Coventry Rugby's new boss Rowland Winter lays foundations for success - CoventryLive". Coventrytelegraph.net. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- Charlie Morgan (26 January 2018). "How a sleeping giant of English rugby is stirring in Coventry". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- Shaun Reynolds (25 September 2017). "INTERVIEW: 'We feel as though we are a Championship team' says Coventry boss Rowland Winter". The Coventry Observer. Retrieved 1 May 2018.