Minnesota United introduced right this moment that Dennis Lawrence will be part of the membership as a first-team assistant coach underneath new Loons’ Head Coach Eric Ramsay.
Dennis Lawrence joins Minnesota United from Coventry City Football Club of the EFL Championship, England’s second division. With Coventry, Lawrence served as a first-team coach from 2021-24, the place he helped run coaching classes each day and led the staff’s tactical and technical preparation forward of every match.
“I am looking forward to joining Eric at Minnesota United as assistant coach to help him and Khaled [El-Ahmad] with our exciting plans for the future,” mentioned Assistant Coach Dennis Lawrence. “I have known Eric for some time and his values, coaching principles and philosophy align with my own. I can’t wait to start working with him, Cameron Knowles and the squad, while looking forward to embracing the passionate support of the Loons fan base.”
“I am excited to welcome Dennis to Minnesota United, first and foremost, he is a great person. Along with his character, he brings a wealth of experience in coaching at nearly every level in soccer,” mentioned MNUFC Chief Soccer Officer and Sporting Director Khaled El-Ahmad. “His perspectives coaching for both club and country will provide the club valuable insight that will continue to set our players up for success each week. Dennis and Eric Ramsay know each other well, and are fully aligned in the way we want to play. I look forward to experiencing their chemistry as they continue building on our overall vision for the club.”
Prior to his time at Coventry, Lawrence served as the top coach of the Trinidad and Tobago Men’s National Team from 2017-2019. During the three years he managed the Trinidad facet, he led the staff to compete in a number of competitions, together with the FIFA World Cup Qualifiers in 2018, the Gold Cup in 2019 and Concacaf Nations League in 2019. Lawrence’s Trinidad & Tobago staff notably defeated the United States within the remaining game of the World Cup Qualifying stage in 2018.
Before main Trinidad and Tobago, Lawrence had stints with Everton FC as a primary staff coach from 2013-16 and Wigan Athletic FC as a improvement coach from 2010-13 when the Wigan squad impressively gained its first main trophy in membership historical past by defeating Manchester City within the 2013 FA Cup remaining at Wembley.
Lawrence had a prolific taking part in profession that spanned nearly 18 years throughout each membership and nation competitors. The heart back began his membership profession taking part in within the Trinidad and Tobago prime division earlier than departing Defence Force and signing with Wrexham ACF in 2001. From 2001-06, Lawrence made 198 game appearances for the historic Welsh facet. He then joined Swansea City from 2006-09 as the membership competed within the EFL Championship. While with Swansea, Lawrence went on mortgage to Crewe Alexandra from 2008-09 earlier than ending out his membership profession with San Juan Jabloteh in Trinidad and Tobago from 2009-10. In whole, Lawrence made 317 game appearances and scored 17 objectives on the membership degree.
Internationally, Lawrence made 89 game appearances for the Trinidad and Tobago National Team from 2000-10, and notably performed in all three Group Stage video games of the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Lawrence holds a UEFA Pro License Coaching Qualification, a FIFA Technical Directors Course, a UEFA A+B Coaching Qualification, and an FA Level 1 and a pair of Youth Modules certificates. He will be part of the membership pending receipt of his work visa.