Football - SERMANNI Tom

Date of Birth: 1 Jul 1954

Gender: Male

Function : Head Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Football	Women NZL New Zealand	12

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Stadium	Women's Group G #06 AUS Australia 2 NZL New Zealand 1	Finished
	Saitama Stadium	Women's Group G #12 NZL New Zealand 1 USA United States 6	Finished
	Miyagi Stadium	Women's Group G #17 NZL New Zealand 0 SWE Sweden 2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

He played professional football in England, Scotland, Australia and New Zealand. (psvunion.org, Nov 2014; stuff.co.nz, 26 Oct 2018)

In 2018 he coached the New Zealand women's football team to victory at the Oceania Football Confederation [OFC] Women's Nations Cup in New Caledonia. (tribalfootball.com, Jul 2019)

In 2013 he guided the US women's national team through the year undefeated for the first time since 2006. (psvunion.org, Nov 2014)

In 2013 he coached the US women's national team to victory at the Algarve Cup in Portugal. (psvunion.org, Nov 2014)

He coached the Australian women's national team to the quarterfinals of the 2007 and 2011 World Cup. (psvunion.org, Nov 2014)

In 2010 he coached the Australian women's team to gold at the AFC Asian Cup in Chengdu, People's Republic of China. (psvunion.org, Nov 2014; canadasoccer.com, Oct 2018; fifa.com, 03 Dec 2018)

In 2001 he was assistant coach of the Bay Area CyberRays that won the inaugural Women's United Soccer Association [WUSA] championship. (psvunion.org, Nov 2014)

In 2014 he was inducted into the Football Australia Hall of Fame. (canadasoccer.com, 01 Oct 2018)

In 2007 he was named Asian Football Federation [AFC] Coach of the Year. (psvunion.org, Nov 2014)

Appointment:

Previous role:

He was head coach of US women's team Orlando Pride between 2015 and 2018. Before that he worked as an assistant coach and technical consultant for the Canadian women's national team between June 2014 and June 2015. He also served as head coach of the US women's national team between January 2013 and April 2014. From 2005 to 2012 he was head coach and technical director of the Australian women's national team, having previously coached the same team between 1994 and 1997. He worked as a scout for the Australian men's national team between 2005 and 2008, and served as a director of coaching for Malaysian club Sarawak in 2004. He has also coached US women's team New York Power [2003] and Australian men's team Canberra Cosmos [1999-01], and held the position of assistant coach at US women's team the Bay Area CyberRays [2001-02] and Japanese men's team Sanfrecce Hiroshima [1997-99].

General Interest

General
LEAGUE DEVELOPMENT
In 2008, while serving as head coach of the Australian women's national team, he played an influential role in the initiation of the first professional women's league in the country, the W-League. In 2019 he spoke about his hopes for the W-League to incorporate clubs from New Zealand to help the development of women's football in New Zealand. "New Zealanders are foreign players in the W-League. If they were domestic, it would be great. So being foreign players usually means more experienced international players go there. Most of our eligible players play in Europe and those [European] seasons don't fit in with the W-League, as their leagues end in November. So it's difficult to get players into the W-League. We would love to join both leagues as it would benefit everyone." (equalizersoccer.com, 26 Nov 2013; psvunion.org, Nov 2014; tribalfootball.com, Jul 2019; w-league.com.au, 11 Nov 2019)

EDUCATION
He holds a diploma in education, a qualification in coaching theory, and a diploma from the Australian Coaching Council [ACC]. He also holds an Asian Football Confederation [AFC] Pro Licence in coaching. (psvunion.org, Nov 2014; soccerbook.com, Oct 2018)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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