Laura Kaminski
English football manager
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Laura Kaminski is an English football manager who is the current manager of Toppserien club SK Brann.[1][2]
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| Managerial career | |||
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| Years | Team | ||
| 2023–2025 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 2026– | SK Brann | ||
Managerial career
Kaminski has worked as an assistant manager with women's football clubs for over 15 years,[3] and acquired her UEFA Pro Licence in May 2018.[4]
She spent three seasons with Tottenham Hotspur Women, where she helped Spurs gain promotion to the WSL in the 2018–19 season,[5] and spent five years with the England women's under-19 team.[6] She has also worked as an assistant for Charlton Athletic,[7] Arsenal, Chelsea, Watford, Brighton & Hove Albion,[8] and QPR.[5]
In July 2023, Kaminski was appointed head coach of Crystal Palace,[4] winning promotion to the Women's Super League having won the Women's Championship in the 2023–24 season,[7][9] with the team scoring 55 goals in 22 matches.[10] On 28 February 2025, Kaminski was sacked with the club sitting bottom of the table with six points from their first fourteen matches.[11][12]
In January 2026, Kaminski was appointed head coach of SK Brann.[13][14]
Managing style
Under Kaminski’s leadership, [Crystal Palace] has shown tactical adaptability and moments of promise, combining a solid defensive structure with occasional offensive creativity.
According to The Cut Back, Kaminski played Palace in a straightforward 3–5–2 formation, allowing the number 10 supporting striker Annabel Blanchard to roam freely around the number 9 area, and score goals with great effective. The team's build up play remained simple, usually involving a long ball from the defensive back line, and otherwise utilised more than other teams in the WSL based on league data.[15]
Honours
Crystal Palace Women
Individual
- Women's Championship Manager of the Month: September 2023, February 2024[4]
- League Managers Association Awards Women's Championship Manager of the Season: 2023–24[16]