Lincoln City Women have confirmed their first-team coaching team for the 2024/25 season, with Charlotte Dinsdale joining as head coach as part of a new structure designed to maximise the opportunities for progression within the club’s female pathway.
Charlotte, who is business development manager at EFL In The Community, has gained coaching experience with Middlesbrough and Sheffield FC following her playing career and has been leading training for a number of weeks.
She said: “With the women’s team coming together with the Academy, with access to the great facilities that brings, it’s a really exciting project.
“That gives us a really good structure with a goalkeeping coach, strength and conditioning coach, video analysis and other support such as being able to make full use of a fantastic gym on site.
“I’ve been really impressed with the support of the club, there’s a real professional setup being put in place alongside the pathway to support women and girls in Lincolnshire.”
Charlotte will be joined by goalkeeping coach George Bellerby, strength & conditioning coach Josh McLauchlan and physio Mark Jansen. A further first-team coach will be appointed to support Charlotte and her team in due course.
These appointments follow an agreement with the University of Lincoln and their students union which will see coaches from the Academy and Lincoln City Women lead their senior men’s and women’s teams, as well as the launch of the Women’s Academy - a full-time educational course for girls aged 16-19 who wish to maintain high-quality professional training alongside their studies.
Jon Pepper, Lincoln City’s Academy & Women’s technical director, said: “Charlotte is a really talented young coach who joined our team this summer and we believe will go far, she's already put together a structure to support the squad both in terms of coaching and additional provision to support player development mirroring the ideology applied in the males pathway.
"This is all part of the ambition to provide a clear pathway for any girl in Lincolnshire to develop with us and progress right the way into our first-team, as part of a long-term development strategy mirroring the already established and successful pathway for boys through the Academy."