Ted Copeland is an English former football coach. He managed the England

England women's national football team

The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been quite successful of late, qualifying for three World Cups, 1995, 2007 and 2011...

 women's side between 1993 and 1998, leading them to a quarter-final appearance in the 1995 World Cup.

Copeland spent 12 years working as a lecturer in Physical Education

Physical education

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 at the University of Petroleum and Minerals

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals is a public university in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia....

 in Dhahran

Dhahran

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, Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia

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. While in Saudi Arabia, he also played for and coached Ettifaq FC in the Saudi Premier League

Saudi Premier League

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 and coached the Saudi Under-16 and Under-19 National Teams.

He had a spell with Hartlepool United

Hartlepool United F.C.

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 where he was first-team coach.

In 1990, Copeland became the Football Association's Regional Director of Coaching for the North of England. In 1993 he added the part-time role of England

England women's national football team

The England women's national football team represents England in international women's football. The side has been quite successful of late, qualifying for three World Cups, 1995, 2007 and 2011...

 women's coach to his duties and remained in both posts until 1998. His successor, Hope Powell

Hope Powell

Hope Patricia Powell, CBE is the coach of the England women's national football team. Powell is an ‘A’ License coach and in 2003 became the first woman to achieve the UEFA Pro Licence - the highest coaching award available.-Early life:Powell was educated at Bethany School and went on to take A...

 became the first full-time manager of the England women's team.

He later worked as director of sport at East Durham College and was director of education services for a sports marketing company, Navigator.

In August 2006, Copeland and his wife Cindy took early retirement and moved to Parcent

Parcent

Parcent is a village in the Pop Valley of La Marina Alta in the Alicante Province, which is located in the Valencian region of Spain. Parcent has a population of about 1100 and is about one hour's drive north of the city of Alicante, and about an hour's drive south of the city of Valencia.It...

, Alicante

Alicante

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