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(women)">Everton</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Date of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1978-06-07</span>) </span>7 June 1978<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 46)</span><sup id="cite_ref-sk_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Place of birth</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data birthplace" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;;white-space: normal;"> <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh" title="Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a>, Scotland</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Senior career*</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left">Years</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b><abbr title="League appearances">Apps</abbr></b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(<abbr title="League goals">Gls</abbr>)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal"></span></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Preston_Athletic_F.C." title="Preston Athletic F.C.">Preston Athletic</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de; line-height: 1.5em">Managerial career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2010–2014</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Hibernian_W.F.C." title="Hibernian W.F.C.">Hibernian</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2014–2015</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Preston_Athletic_F.C." title="Preston Athletic F.C.">Preston Athletic</a> (men)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2015–2018</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_W.F.C." title="Bristol City W.F.C.">Bristol City</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2018</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_W.F.C." title="Manchester United W.F.C.">Manchester United</a> (assistant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2018–2021</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C._(women)" title="Everton F.C. (women)">Everton</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: left"><span style="font-weight:normal">2022–2024</span></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_W.F.C." title="Leicester City W.F.C.">Leicester City</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-below" style="color:darkslategray; font-size:95%"> *Club domestic league appearances and goals</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Willie Kirk</b> (born 7 June 1978) is a Scottish <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a> <a href="/wiki/Manager_(association_football)" title="Manager (association football)">manager</a> and former player who was most recently the manager of <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Super_League" title="Women's Super League">Women's Super League</a> club <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_W.F.C." title="Leicester City W.F.C.">Leicester City</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kirk played non-League football for <a href="/wiki/Preston_Athletic_F.C." title="Preston Athletic F.C.">Preston Athletic</a> and agreed to manage the team in the <a href="/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Lowland_Football_League" title="2014–15 Lowland Football League">2014–15 Lowland Football League</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managerial_career">Managerial career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Managerial career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Livingston_FC_Academy">Livingston FC Academy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Livingston FC Academy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Kirk began his managerial career at <a href="/wiki/Livingston_F.C." title="Livingston F.C.">Livingston</a> as an assistant academy coach for the club's under-14 team in October 2006. He advanced to head coach of the under-14 team and took over head coaching position for the next age group up to the under-17 team.<sup id="cite_ref-sk_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hibernian">Hibernian</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Hibernian"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2009, Kirk joined the academy coaching staff at <a href="/wiki/Hibernian_F.C." title="Hibernian F.C.">Hibernian</a> to coach the under-17 team. Ultimately, Kirk earned the head coaching position of <a href="/wiki/Hibernian_W.F.C." title="Hibernian W.F.C.">Hibernian L.F.C.</a><sup id="cite_ref-sk_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sk-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first season in charge of Hibernian led to winning the 2010 <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Women%27s_Cup" title="Scottish Women's Cup">Scottish Cup</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KirkManU_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KirkManU-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kirk followed up the 2010 Cup title by winning <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Women%27s_Premier_League_Cup" title="Scottish Women's Premier League Cup">Scottish League Cup</a> title, finishing as runners-up in the Scottish Cup, and <a href="/wiki/2011_Scottish_Women%27s_Premier_League" title="2011 Scottish Women's Premier League">third position in the table</a>. The <a href="/wiki/2013_Scottish_Women%27s_Premier_League" title="2013 Scottish Women's Premier League">2013 season</a> saw Hibernian finishing second and Kirk earning Scottish Women's Football Manager of the Year award.<sup id="cite_ref-KirkManU_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KirkManU-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bristol_City">Bristol City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Bristol City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2015, Kirk made the move to <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> and was appointed manager of <a href="/wiki/Bristol_City_W.F.C." title="Bristol City W.F.C.">Bristol City</a> competing in the <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Super_League" title="Women's Super League">FA WSL 1</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KirkManU_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KirkManU-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After a rough season, Bristol City was relegated to <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Championship_(England)" title="Women's Championship (England)">WSL 2</a>, finishing in last place after the <a href="/wiki/2015_FA_WSL" title="2015 FA WSL">2015 season</a>. The relegation was short lived, as Kirk's Bristol City rallied in the WSL 2 finishing second during the <a href="/wiki/2016_FA_WSL" title="2016 FA WSL">WSL season</a> and earned promotion back to the FA WSL 1.<sup id="cite_ref-KirkEvertonStory_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KirkEvertonStory-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kirk's subsequent seasons would see back-to-back eighth place finishes, maintaining safety in the women's top flight.<sup id="cite_ref-ELFCCoaching_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELFCCoaching-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Manchester_United">Manchester United</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Manchester United"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2018, Kirk joined the coaching staff at the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_W.F.C." title="Manchester United W.F.C.">Manchester United</a> as an assistant to <a href="/wiki/Casey_Stoney" title="Casey Stoney">Casey Stoney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-KirkHiredManU_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KirkHiredManU-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Everton">Everton</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Everton"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2018, Kirk was appointed manager of <a href="/wiki/Everton_F.C._(women)" title="Everton F.C. (women)">Everton</a> after being offered the number one position of a top flight team.<sup id="cite_ref-KirkEverton_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KirkEverton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His debut as manager of the <i>Blues</i> was a victory, defeating rivals <a href="/wiki/Liverpool_L.F.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Liverpool L.F.C.">Liverpool</a> 2–1.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 October 2021, Kirk left his position.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leicester_City">Leicester City</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Leicester City"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2022, Kirk was appointed as <a href="/wiki/Director_of_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Director of football">director of football</a> at <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_W.F.C." title="Leicester City W.F.C.">Leicester City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 3 November 2022, Kirk was appointed as manager, following the departure of <a href="/wiki/Lydia_Bedford" title="Lydia Bedford">Lydia Bedford</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 8 March 2024, it was reported that Leicester had suspended Kirk and launched an investigation into an alleged relationship between him and one of the players.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The investigation prompted several other managers in women's football to comment that relationships between managers and players are inappropriate.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 28 March 2024, Leicester sacked Kirk as a result of the investigation having found that he had "breached the team's code of conduct to a degree that makes his position untenable".<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Executive_career">Executive career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Executive career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2022, Kirk joined <a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Super_League" title="Women's Super League">Women's Super League</a> club <a href="/wiki/Leicester_City_W.F.C." title="Leicester City W.F.C.">Leicester City</a> as their first-ever <a href="/wiki/Sporting_director" title="Sporting director">director of football</a> for both the first team and the academy.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours">Honours</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Willie_Kirk&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Hibernian Women</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Women%27s_Premier_League_Cup" title="Scottish Women's Premier League Cup">Scottish Women's Premier League Cup</a>: 2011<sup id="cite_ref-KirkManU_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KirkManU-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scottish_Women%27s_Cup" title="Scottish Women's Cup">Scottish Women's Cup</a>: 2010,<sup id="cite_ref-KirkManU_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KirkManU-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> runners-up: 2011</li></ul> <p><b>Individual</b> </p> <ul><li>Scottish Women's Football Manager of the Year: 2013</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Super_League" title="Women's Super League">Women's Super League</a> Manager of the Month: <a href="/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_FA_WSL#Monthly_awards" title="2019–20 FA WSL">November 2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2023%E2%80%9324_Women%27s_Super_League#Monthly_awards" title="2023–24 Women's Super League">October 2023</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span 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