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.
Methods
At both Cambridge and Coventry Winter made significant changes in both the coaching team and playing squad soon after being appointed.[6][7][8]
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.