Contact details of the main coaches at LHC...

Director of Coaching and Men's 1st Team Coach - Lewis Butcher ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Men's 2nd Team Coach - Glenn Hayes ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Mens 3rd - 7th Team Coach - Chris Hardaker ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Women's Head Coach (1st & 2nd Team) - Laura Smith ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
Women's 3rd and 4th Team Coach - Jaspal Panesar ( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

Director of Coaching - Lewis Butcher

Leeds HC are delighted to introduce Lewis Butcher as our Men’s 1st Team Coach and new Director of Coaching.

Lewis has returned to the club where he played for the 1st Team from 2001 to 2007.  Since then he has concentrated on his coaching career as Assistant Coach at Sheffield Hallam in the National League and Head Coach of the Sheffield Hallam 2nd XI in North Div 2 East where they finished second in the league two seasons running and won the National 2nd XI Cup in 2008.

For the past two years Lewis has been the Assistant Coach to the Wales U16 Boys who came second in the Home Nations in July 2009.  He has also been coaching in the north as a Head Coach of the U16 Girls in 2008, until his recent appointment as an England Hockey appointed Centrally Contracted Coach where he oversees the Leeds Girls JRPC centres and will be Head Coach of the U16 Girls Pennine Pumas squad at the Futures Cup in late October 2009. 

Lewis combines his coaching alongside his day job as England Hockey’s North Regional Manager - no wonder he’s known as 'Mr Hockey'!

This appointment represents a big step forward for Leeds HC.  Lewis is our first professional coach and represents our desire to improve standards on the playing field for adults and juniors and within the club’s own coaching pathway as we plan to build the club for a stronger future.

To contact Lewis Butcher about any aspect of his role please send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it