James Oliver-Pearce

In 2012, Oliver-Pearce got his first major coaching role, joining AFC Wimbledon as an academy coach.^[1] Ahead of the 2014–15 season, he was promoted to assistant head coach of the U18s.^[1] A year later, he became the head coach of the U16s,^[1] before being appointed head coach of the U18s in 2021.^[1][2] Under Mark Robinson, he earned his place amongst the first team coaching staff.^[1] After Robinson was sacked as Wimbledon's head coach,^[3] Mark Bowen became interim manager^[4] and kept Oliver-Pearce in his role.^[1]

When Bowen returned to Reading, becoming their Head of Football Operations,^[5] he brought Oliver-Pearce with him to serve in the club's first team coaching staff under Paul Ince.^[6] Ince was sacked on 11 April 2023,^[7] however new interim manager Noel Hunt kept Oliver-Pearce in his role,^[1][2] as did Ince's eventual replacement, Rubén Sellés,^[1][2] when he became Reading's head coach on 26 June 2023.^[8][9]

On 6 December 2024, Sellés was appointed head coach of Hull City,^[10] and brought in Oliver-Pearce alongside him as his assistant.^[2][10][11] Tobias Loveland also joined the pair from Reading as a first team coach.^[10][11] The trio began their new roles on 9 December 2024.^[10] He left Hull City on 15 May 2025, when the club parted company with Sellés.^[12]