Brian Eastick

Brian Eastick (born 27 January 1952) is an English football manager and former player.

Eastick was technical director of Al Jazira, managed Newport County, and held various posts within the England coaching setup, including head coach of the under-19 and under-20 teams.

Playing career As a young player at Crystal Palace, Eastick was capped at England under-18 level.

Coaching career Eastick has been involved in coaching for more than 30 years, working at Queens Park Rangers, Chelsea, Brighton & Hove Albion and Charlton Athletic, before spending five months as manager of Newport County in the 1987–88 season. He then took the post of assistant manager of Leyton Orient. before working at Coventry City, Crewe Alexandra and Sheffield United. before spending two years as academy manager and head coach of Newcastle United during Sir Bobby Robson's reign. In August of the same year, Eastick was appointed a national coach with the FA and took responsibility for the England under-18 side. Eastick stepped up to take charge of the under-19s. He led that team to the final of the 2009 European Championships,

Eastick spent several days in Hong Kong in September 2011 as prime candidate for the post of manager of the Hong Kong national football team. He was offered the post, but turned it down.

He returned to Stuart Pearce's coaching staff, assisting with the under-21 team and with the Great Britain Olympic team. When Pearce stood in as England manager in February 2012, Eastick took charge of the under-21 match on the same night.

Eastick joined UAE Pro-League club Al Jazira in 2015 for a two-year spell as technical director.

In February 2018, he was appointed to an assistant role within Aston Villa's Academy.

On 16 February 2022, he was appointed as head coach of Belgian First Division B club Lommel.