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Biography
Brian Eastick (born 27 January 1951) is an association football coach who is currently the technical director of Al Jazira. He previously 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
He 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. Between 1988 and 1995 Eastick worked part-time at the Football Association's National School at Lilleshall before leaving to take up a role as assistant to Bryan Hamilton in managing the Northern Ireland team between 1995 and 1998.
Eastick spent seven years at Birmingham City, brought in by manager Trevor Francis to develop the youth system from scratch, before spending two years as academy manager and head coach of Newcastle United during Sir Bobby Robson's reign.
In May 2005 he was appointed assistant to Don Givens as manager of the Republic of Ireland under-21 team. In August of the same year, Eastick was appointed a national coach with the FA and took responsibility for the England under-18 side. When Martin Hunter stepped down in June 2006 to take up a role as first-team coach with Norwich City, Eastick stepped up to take charge of the under-19s. He led that team to the final of the 2009 European Championships, before taking over as head coach of the England under-20 team, from the 2009 under-20 World Cup finals until the 2011 competition.
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.