Steve Potts (footballer)

Steve Potts
Personal information
Full name Steven John Potts[1]
Date of birth (1967-05-07) 7 May 1967 (age 57)[1]
Place of birth Hartford, Connecticut,[1] United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
West Ham United
(U23 Head Coach)
Youth career
1983–1984 West Ham United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–2002 West Ham United 399 (1)
2002–2003 Dagenham & Redbridge 21 (0)
Total 420 (1)
International career
England School Boy 11 (0)
1983–1984 England U17 12 (0)
1984–1985 England Youth 7 (0)
Managerial career
2011–2012 West Ham U16s
2012–2015 West Ham U18s
2015–2020 West Ham U21s
2023– West Ham U21s
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steven John Potts (born 7 May 1967) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is the current head coach of West Ham United under-23s.

As a player, he was a defender notably in the Premier League for West Ham United where he made 399 league appearances, scoring 1 goal over a seventeen-year spell at Upton Park. He retired in 2003 following a spell with non-league side Dagenham & Redbridge in what was the only season during his career that he did not play for West Ham. He also represented the England national team eleven times at youth level.

Following retirement, Potts has held a variety of coaching roles at the West Ham academy including head coach of the U16, U18 and U21 teams.

  1. ^ a b c "Steve Potts". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 388. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.