James Lightfoot Brown appointed Gloucester Rugby’s new Attack Coach

Gloucester Rugby has announced the arrival of James Lightfoot Brown as the Club’s Attack Coach ahead of the 2023-24 season.

Lightfoot Brown will move to the Cherry & Whites from London Irish where the 29-year-old has spent the last eight years on their coaching team.

Highly regarded as one of the best up-and-coming coaches in the country, Lightfoot Brown has played a key part in developing a conveyor belt of talent into the Premiership. His role in instilling attacking principles, from the academy through to the first team, has seen the Exiles display an increasingly expansive brand rugby this season.

Lightfoot Brown’s appointment comes following an extensive search and Head Coach George Skivington is certain he is the right man for the job.

“We’ve made no secret about looking to expand our coaching team ahead of the new season and James’ signature is one that we’re really pleased to get over the line” said Skivington.

“We had a pretty clear vision of the type of person and coach we were looking for and James proved to be the absolute best fit for us.

“He’s a young English coach, but with plenty of experience under his belt already. He’s well regarded as one of the most exciting coaches in the game, so we’re really looking forward to him putting his stamp onto our attack next season.”