Tracey Anne Neville was born on 21 January 1977 and is a former England netball international and a former England head coach.
21 Facts About Tracey Neville
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Tracey Neville subsequently guided England to the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and to bronze medals at the 2015 and 2019 Netball World Cups.
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Tracey Neville is the daughter of Neville Neville and his wife, Jill Harper.
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Tracey Neville is the twin sister and younger sister, respectively, of Phil and Gary Neville, the former England and Manchester United footballers.
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Tracey Neville attended the University of the West of England where she trained to be a primary school teacher.
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On 3 March 2020 Neville gave birth to a son, her first child with her partner Michael Timmins.
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Tracey Neville began her senior netball playing career with YWCA Bury.
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Tracey Neville was just one of several England netball internationals to get their start at the club based in Bury, Greater Manchester.
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Tracey Neville spent the 2000 season in Australia where she played for Contax in the South Australia Farmers Union League and for Adelaide Thunderbirds in the Commonwealth Bank Trophy league.
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Together with Laura and Natalie von Bertouch, Tracey Neville was a member of the Contax team that won the Farmers Union League title.
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Between 2001 and 2004 Tracey Neville played for Northern Thunder in the Super Cup.
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In 2004 a serious knee problem forced Tracey Neville to quit netball.
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Tracey Neville represented England at under-18 and under-21 levels before making her senior debut in 1996.
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Tracey Neville was a member of the England teams that won bronze medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games and the 1999 World Netball Championships.
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Tracey Neville began her senior coaching career with Team Northumbria when she served as head coach for the 2011 Netball Superleague season.
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Tracey Neville guided Thunder to Netball Superleague titles in 2012 and 2014.
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Between 2015 and 2019 Tracey Neville served as head coach of England.
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Tracey Neville was initially appointed in March 2015 as an interim coach.
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Tracey Neville guided England to the 2015,2016 and 2017 European Netball Championships.
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Tracey Neville was head coach when England won the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Tracey Neville later revealed that she suffered a miscarriage a day after leading England to netball Commonwealth gold.