Coaching Team
Head Coach
Owen Cummins
Owen is Head Coach here at Elite Players Academy and oversees all academy sessions and community sessions.
His playing career consisted of a youth career within various UK based academies where he then moved on to play professionally in Spain & semi-professionally in England before progressing into coaching full-time.
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Owen also works within the recruitment department at Premier League Club Tottenham Hotspur.
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Elite Coach
Tom Unsworth
Tom is a key part of our coaching team at Elite Players Academy and is responsible for leading and assisting various sessions week by week.
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Tom is a current semi-professional footballer with Kingstonian FC and also has previous playing experience with Oxford City and St Albans City.
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Tom is an enthusiastic and knowledgeable coach who has a true love for the game and key eye for detail when working alongside our young players here at EPA.
Elite Coach
Mark Chidi
(Chidz)
Mark is part of our community and eltie coaching team here at Elite Players Academy and leads various after-school clubs and also works within our elite groups in Reading.
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Mark has an extensive academy playing background with stints with Chelsea, Spurs, West Brom & Stoke City.
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Having recently acquired his coaching badges through the PFA, Chidz is looking to pass on his playing experience to the next generation of up & coming talent within our EPA programmes.
