Basketball Academy first team Head Coach. Head coach of Bristol Flyers Mens 2nd team and Assistant Coach for the Bristol Flyers BBL team. Many years of coaching experience including being head coach of the England U15 Boys programme.

I have coached youth basketball for a number of years both at the club and international level, I love developing our athletes at SGS as people and players.

Former SGS College and Bristol Academy player, Danny Williams has been part of the Rugby Academy coaching staff for 13 years and has won numerous Local, National and International titles with SGS as a result of his hard work. Working predominantly in the development programme ensuring all players at SGS Rugby have a great experience whilst here and leave not only as better players but better people. Danny has coached at senior level around the Bristol Combination and at County Level and has good relationships with clubs and coaches around the South West.

“Having been through the SGS Rugby Pathway myself I know the hard work and dedication needed, I can relate in all aspects to what the current learners are experiencing and offer my help and support when needed.”

Lara is a Level 2 Netball coach currently working towards her Level 3. Lara started out as Assistant Coach in the Academy whilst also teaching A Level and GCSE English at our Filton site. When the opportunity arose, Lara applied to be Head of Netball and was successful. She has since led the team to a league win and had players selected for the AOC National Netball team and Team Bath Futures.

Lara has developed her coaching skills further by working within the England Netball Performance Pathway and the Team Bath Futures Netball Hub that trains at the WISE Campus.

Lara is keen to develop all kinds of players and welcomes interest and applications from netballers of all levels.

Joy is a UK Athletics Level 3 Performance coach working with high jumpers in the Bristol and South West area. A coach for 18 years, her athletics background is middle-distance and cross-country. As an U17, she took 800m bronze in the National age-group championships and won team golds at English Schools and the National cross-country championships, representing Hertfordshire and Watford Harriers.

Joy has been a member of England Athletics National Coach Development Programme for 8 years, attending workshops and seminars at home and abroad. She was part of the coaching and management team at the 2016 Loughborough International meeting, Manchester International 2018, and team leader for young English high jumpers at the 2017 Hustopece Skakani in the Czech Republic.

As well as coaching children aged 5-18 at the South Gloucestershire and Stroud College and Junior Athletic Academy, Joy oversees the sprint coaching of students at the University of West of England. Joy has taken on the lead of both the junior and university programmes since 2017. She regularly coaches local club high jumpers to national age-group standard, and several have won national age-group medals.

Joy has many years of experience working with children and families in nurseries, schools and FE Colleges, both in practitioner and leadership roles, and has recently qualified as a Certified Play Therapist.

Nick Davidson (Head Coach of the Table Tennis Academy) has an experienced coaching and development career spanning over 20 years. He was the SW Regional coach of the Year in 2019 at the English Table Tennis pride Awards and the Table Tennis SW Coach at the AOC Championships since 2018. The former Gloucestershire County Junior Coach works with a number of England’s top cadets and juniors. He was also the Head Coach and Development Officer at Cheltenham Table Tennis Club when they won the South West Table Tennis Club of the Year and were awarded 3rd place in the National Premier Club Table Tennis awards.

Now full time at SGS College he is helping shape the development and careers of a number of players to allow them to reach their goals and full potential.