Hope Powell

Hope Powell is an English former footballer and coach who became the first full-time national coach of the England women’s team in 1998. She helped establish England as a major force in women’s football, guiding the side to the 2007 World Cup quarter-finals and the 2009 European Championship final. Powell also managed Brighton & Hove Albion and became one of the most influential figures in the development of women’s football in England.