David Coates

For other people named David Coates, see David Coates (disambiguation).

David Coates (born 11 April 1935) is an English former professional footballer who played for Hull City (1956–60), Mansfield Town (1960–64) and Notts County (1964–67) where he moved on to the coaching staff on retirement as a player. He later coached at Aston Villa, Leicester City, Luton Town and Stoke City. He then moved into scouting, becoming chief scout at Oxford United before performing the same role at Stoke, Plymouth Argyle, Sunderland and Bolton Wanderers.^[1] He has also assisted with scouting for Preston North End, Leeds United, Portsmouth, Middlesbrough^[2] and Newcastle United.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Down Memory Lane With David Coates". The Tigers (Hull City A.F.C.). 17 November 2004. http://www.hullcityafc.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10338~345563,00.html. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
2. ^ "How Skinny true football". Hull Daily Mail. 5 May 2006. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-15139297_ITM. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 
3. ^ Struthers, Greg (15 March 2009). "Caught in Time: Hats off to the Hatters". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article5908372.ece. Retrieved 2009-04-19. 

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Name	Coates, David
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Short description	English footballer
Date of birth	11 April 1935
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