Gareth Long

Gareth is an experienced educationalist, coach, and coach educator. Having qualified from The University of Warwick Gareth taught Physical Education in a number of schools in the UK before becoming a Senior Lecturer in Coach and Physical Education at the University of St Mark & St John. He then worked for the Football Association as the PE & Coaching in Education Coordinator for the South West of England, before joining the Australian College of Physical Education.  Gareth holds a UEFA ‘B’ Licence and a FFA / AFC ‘B’ Coaching Certificate in Football and also an MSC in Coaching from Loughborough University.

Gareth has coached football with a wide range of ages and environments, including grassroots football and the professional game.  He has co-authored several books such as ‘Improving Teaching and Learning in Physical Education’ and ‘101 Classroom Games’ as well as a series of soccer coaching books.

Journal Papers

Long, G., Grout, H., and Taylor, S. (2011) 101 Classroom Games: Energise Learning in Any Subject Human Kinetics

Grout, H., and Long, G. (2009) Improving Teaching and Learning in Physical Education. Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education

Conference Presentations

2016:  ‘Teaching invasion games: Developing students’ communication, decision-making, interacting & problem solving skills’   PDHPE Teachers’ Association Annual State Conference.

2015: ‘Football in the National Curriculum’ FA National Licensed Coaches Club.

2015: ‘Football in the National Curriculum’  National Conference for the Association for Physical Education.