Meet The Team.
Meet the dedicated coaches and team members that make up the Passmaster team.
Head Coach and Passmaster Coaching Director
Lee has more than 16 years of coaching experience in the UK and overseas, working within schools, football academies, grassroots teams and the community. He has worked with children from as young as three right up to adults.
He is passionate about all sports and loves to work with children of all abilities. In every session his main focus is to make sport fun for everyone and provide a safe environment.
Lee has worked in Australia and the USA bringing back with him a wealth of experience and new ideas. He is always looking for ways to improve and learn. He puts his heart and soul into every session he delivers, matching the energy of the children.
Lee loves all sports, but football is his biggest passion. Lee holds a UEFA B Licence and establishes the 'Passmaster Development Centre’ to help children grow and develop their skills through high-level coaching. Unlike an academy, the centre doesn't ‘release’ players. Its philosophy is about allowing players to express themselves and develop while enjoying their football.
Lee is experienced in coaching players from all backgrounds and abilities including young offenders, children and adults with disabilities and academy footballers, aged 7 to 15. He also upskills teachers to improve their coaching skills.
Steve is a former professional football player who has devoted most of his life to coaching and mentoring young players and inspiring children and young people of all abilities to develop their love for sport and exercise.
When his professional playing career with Shrewsbury Town Football Club ended due to injury, at the age of only 20, he poured all his passion for the game into coaching young people instead.
Qualified as a UEFA B Licence coach, Steve’s coaching career has spanned 46 years, working in professional football academies, grassroots football, schools and the community. He founded Passmaster in 2012 to deliver high quality sporting education to children and young people across Shropshire.
He holds high the values of patience, respect, good manners and fair play and believes in opportunity and quality participation for all, irrespective of ability.
Steve’s ethos has remained unchanged over the years, believing that sports participation not only brings enormous health and social benefits to children, but helps them to develop character-forming life skills that will benefit them throughout their adult lives.
Tina comes from a coaching, business and education background. She has 23 years of coaching experience, including at national level, and joined Passmaster after a successful career in both state schools and the private sector.
Her responsibilities include managing Passmaster’s PE provision timetable in schools, running Passmaster’s holiday clubs, overseeing staff recruitment and providing diligent and efficient customer service.
She is passionate about creating safe and valued environments for children and upholds the core values of fairness and fun for all.
Over a 23-year coaching career, Tina has held various positions, including Head of Girls’ Games, Director of Sports Development and Community Links in the independent school sector and Sport Development Officer. She has also managed two businesses.
Tina has coached for Wales Lacrosse and received regional and national awards for her outstanding sports contributions, including the Rose Award in England Netball's Hall of Fame. She fosters a collaborative team culture where differences are valued, equality is embedded, and the shared vision is the goal.
Harry comes from a teaching background, having studied at Edge Hill University where he gained a BA Honours degree in Primary Education.
He began his coaching career in 2018 and has broad experience delivering PE lessons and football sessions in academies and development centres.
Harrys holds a UEFA B License and is currently the assistant coach for Shrewsbury Town Women’s first team which competes in the West Midlands Regional Women’s Premier Division. He is passionate about growing and promoting the women’s and girl’s game in Shropshire.
Harry delivers a wide range of sports in schools, from basketball through to gymnastics, working with children of all ages and abilities. He aims to make every session challenging, engaging and inclusive.
He loves seeing children progress, improve their confidence and learn new skills. His key values are respect, teamwork, fair play and having fun!
Primary Schools PE Coach
Sasha joined Passmaster in 2021 with the ambition of working as a full-time PE teacher and football specialist.
After gaining experience, working with our lead coaches in schools, she was taken on full-time by Passmaster and has completed her apprenticeship qualification with us as a Level 4 PE in Primary Schools coach.
Sasha juggles her working life with her own football training and passion for playing football. She currently plays for AFC Telford United Women’s first team. She has previously played for Shrewsbury Town Women and Wolves Women.
Sasha is a great role model who champions our girls' football club and women's coaching.
She displays great energy, enthusiasm, and dedication and is currently being mentored to become one of our holiday club managers.
Primary Schools PE Coach
Connor Courtney – Sports PE Coach
Connor has more than 16 years of experience working with both children and adults of all ages and abilities in sport.
After completing a Higher National Diploma (HND) in Sports, he went on to do a Level 2 football coaching qualification. Over the years Connor has managed and coached both adult and football teams, including Ellesmere Rangers senior men’s team. He currently runs Up & Comers U11 Harriers.
Connor is still a footballer himself, playing for local outfit Allscott Heath FC on Saturdays. The former Shrewsbury Town academy player has previously played for Ellesmere Rangers, Shawbury United and semi-professional side AFC Newtown.
Connor works with director Lee Green, running the Monday night Passmaster Academy. He also leads small group and 1-to-1 football sessions throughout the week.
“My main aim is to ensure that all the children are engaged and learning through sport, and, most importantly, put smiles on their faces,” he said.
Sports Coach, educator, mentor.
UEFA A Licence coach Glyn Harding has huge experience working in secondary schools, colleges and professional club academies as an educator and coach.
For 20 years Glyn was a Principal Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science at the University of Worcester, educating students who have gone on to forge careers in professional sport.
He is a former assistant academy director at Wolves FC. He also spent many years developing young players at Shrewsbury Town FC where he worked alongside Passmaster director and former professional footballer Steve Green.
They say that, if Glyn was a stick of rock, he would have ‘football’ written to his core. He has been an A Licence coach for 30 years and a coach educator, training coaches for the FA, for decades too.
Over the course of his career, Glyn has also has worked extensively with underprivileged and disadvantaged groups, excelling as a Youth Worker, Youth Development Coach and Safeguarding Officer.
At Passmaster we say that what Glyn doesn’t know about football, probably isn’t worth knowing!