Mike Norris

Coaching career Norris earned his FA Preliminary Licence (now known as the FA Coaching Level 2 Licence) in 1998, as well as his FA Goalkeeper Coaching Level 2 Licence in the same year. He earned his Canada Soccer Coaching B Diploma in 2014, followed by a Coaching A Diploma in 2019.

In 2014, Norris began working as a goalkeeping coach for various Canadian youth national teams. This included the under-15, under-17, under-20 and under-23 women's teams, as well as the under-17 men's team at the 2019 CONCACAF U-17 Championship. In late 2019, he began working as the set piece and goalkeeping coach for the Canada women's senior national team. The team went on to win the gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Football Tournament. The team won the championship in the 2022 season, though coach Rhian Wilkinson resigned at the end of the season. On 9 January 2023, Norris was appointed as head coach of the Portland Thorns.

Personal life Norris was born in Ashington and grew up in Newcastle upon Tyne. Since 2006 he has lived in Burnaby, British Columbia, with his wife and two daughters.