Former national senior men’s football team captain and national women’s team coach, Kenwyne Jones has re-applied for the vacant head coaching role of the women’s team.
This was confirmed by the 38-year-old former England and USA-based T&T striker when contacted on Monday.
In a brief response when asked about his application for the position, Jones in a WhatsApp message replied, he submitted his application to the T&T Football Association (TTFA) on Sunday, the deadline date, and in the process joined another former national woman’s senior team and youth coach Richard Hood as the front runners for the position.
Hood, who was recently relieved of his head coaching role of the Police FC team in the T&T Premier Football League and led the national Under-20 women’s team to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 CONCACAF Championships and has served as coach of the Under-15 girls’ team, as well as assistant to Norwegian Even Pellerud at the 2010 FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup on home soil, said he submitted his application on Friday last.
Earlier this month, the TTFA issued a statement seeking applicants for the positions of senior women’s national team head coach, assistant coach and goalkeeping coach.
Among the qualifications the aspiring coaches must possess is a minimum qualification of a TTFA B’ License or equivalent or a desired qualification of TTFA A License or equivalent along with a minimum experience of five years coaching at the senior level and working knowledge of women’s football in the Caribbean Football Union and CONCACAF.
In addition, a desired experience of ten years coaching at the senior level and coaching at a national team (senior and/or youth) level.
The position became vacant after Jones’s contract was not renewed after it came to an end last August after he led the team to last year’s CONCACAF Women’s Championship which served as a qualifier for the upcoming 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The appointment of Jones came via the resignations of Welshman James Thomas in October and the new appointee T&T’s men’s futsal coach Constantine Konstin after left the job.