Andy Spence

Andrew Peter Spence (born 8 January 1983) is an English professional football coach who is currently assistant head coach of National Women's Soccer League team Gotham. He has previously coached Women's Super League club Everton and the Canada women's national team.

Education He is a diploma graduate in football management from the University of Liverpool and has a degree in science and football from the Liverpool John Moores University.

Management career First stint with Everton The first position Spence held with Everton was a stint as director of the Everton Centre of Excellence, which is an academy program tasked with training girls between the ages of Under-9s through Under-17s.

By 2004, Spence began his Everton managing career as an assistant to Mo Marley. During his time as an assistant, Spence helped the club win the 2008 League Cup and the 2010 FA Cup. After three seasons with the Blues, Spence stepped down citing the club's need to move forward after being relegated at the conclusion of the 2014 season after 21 seasons in the top flight and struggling form in the FA WSL 2. He would be succeeded by Nicola Anderson and retake his position at the club's Centre of Excellence.

Return as Everton manager After six months, Spence was re-appointed manager of Everton Spence would lead Everton to back-to-back third place WSL 2 finishes. In 2017, the FA WSL ran an interim season to re-align the season calendars between February and May called the FA WSL Spring Series. This interim season would not compete for promotion or relegation ahead of the 2017–18 season. Under Spence, Everton won the Spring Series with seven wins from nine matches and he was named FA WSL Coach of the Year.

Prior to the 2017–18 season, Notts County of the WSL 1 folded prior to the Spring Series prompting The Football Association to invite FA WSL 2 clubs to apply and fill the vacancy. Spence's Everton was awarded the invitation back into the top flight on 9 June 2017, and competed in the WSL 1 for the 2017–18 season.

After going winless through six matches in the FA WSL to open the 2018–19 campaign, Spence left his role as manager with Jennifer Herst being appointed interim manager. He took temporary charge of the team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris when head coach Bev Priestman was suspended after two members of her backroom staff were sent home for flying a drone over the New Zealand squad's training session in the build-up to the match between the two countries.

Gotham FC

In 2025, Spence joined American NWSL team Gotham FC as assistant head coach under Juan Carlos Amorós.

Managerial statistics

All competitive league games (league and domestic cup) and international matches (not including friendlies) are included.

Honors Manager Everton Ladies FA WSL 2 Spring Series: 2017

Individual FA WSL Coach of the Year: 2017