James Oliver-Pearce
James Oliver-Pearce is an English professional football coach who is currently the assistant manager of club Sheffield United.
Oliver-Pearce has previously held coaching positions with AFC Wimbledon, Reading, and Hull City.
Coaching career
In 2012, Oliver-Pearce got his first major coaching role, joining AFC Wimbledon as an academy coach. Ahead of the 2014–15 season, he was promoted to assistant head coach of the U18s. A year later, he became the head coach of the U16s, before being appointed head coach of the U18s in 2021. Under Mark Robinson, he earned his place amongst the first team coaching staff. After Robinson was sacked as Wimbledon's head coach, Mark Bowen became interim manager and kept Oliver-Pearce in his role.
When Bowen returned to Reading, becoming their Head of Football Operations, he brought Oliver-Pearce with him to serve in the club's first team coaching staff under Paul Ince. Ince was sacked on 11 April 2023, however new interim manager Noel Hunt kept Oliver-Pearce in his role, as did Ince's eventual replacement, Rubén Sellés, when he became Reading's head coach on 26 June 2023.
On 6 December 2024, Sellés was appointed head coach of Hull City, and brought in Oliver-Pearce alongside him as his assistant. Tobias Loveland also joined the pair from Reading as a first team coach. The trio began their new roles on 9 December 2024. He left Hull City on 15 May 2025, when the club parted company with Sellés.