Dan Seymour is the Director of Football at Shield Academy, having founded the club in 2007.
Dan boasts a wealth of experience, with 22 years of coaching under his belt.
Dan embarked on his coaching qualifications from the age of 16, passing the FA Level 3 (UEFA B License) at the age of 19. In 2025, Dan undertook and passed the UEFA B License for a second time.
Dan is a qualified youth worker. He completed a degree (BSc Hons.) in Sports Science in 2008, and qualified as a Secondary School PE Teacher in 2010. Dan served as Head of PE at a two secondary comprehensive schools. Although no longer an active teacher, he still examines as A-Level/BTEC.
Dan also has experience at coaching at advanced levels, working within the Academy system at 2 premier league club’s. Dan has also coached at first-team level within the non-league system.
At 19 years old Dan established Shield Academy as a small soccer school. He had 13 boys and a bag of balls. However the numbers grew into enough players to establish a team. It quickly became 2 teams, and Dan became Director of Football. 7 years later and Shield has 17 teams. Dan spearheads the club’s management committee, whilst overseeing the coaching programme. He also co-directs the club’s soccer school and technical school/advanced academy.
Feel free to contact Dan with any questions. He’d love to be of assistance.