Laura Harvey

At age 22, Harvey ruptured her ACL while playing for Birmingham City; she subsequently retired from playing. She previously played for Wolverhampton Wanderers W.F.C.

Club

Birmingham City, 2002–2007

Harvey was named assistant coach for Birmingham City in 2002. In 2007, she was named team manager.

Arsenal, 2008–2012

In 2008, Harvey joined Arsenal as its first team coach. The following year, she was hired full-time as Assistant Academy Director and Reserve Team Manager.

In February 2010, Harvey was hired to replace Tony Gervaise as manager for Arsenal. Of her hiring, Harvey said, "It's a really proud moment for me. In women's football, especially domestically, it doesn't come any bigger than Arsenal. When you set out to coach and you know this is your dream and your love, you want to make it the best it can possibly be and in my eyes it doesn't get much bigger than this." In 2011, Harvey was named FAWSL Manager of the Year after guiding the team to win the league title, FA Cup, and Continental Cup. She finished her tenure with Arsenal in 2012 having led the team to three consecutive league titles, two Continental Cups, and one FA Women's Cup. Harvey led the Gunners to the UEFA Women's Champions League semi-finals twice.

Seattle Reign FC, 2013–2017

On 21 December 2012, Harvey was named head coach of Seattle Reign FC for the inaugural season of the National Women's Soccer League, a new professional league in the United States. The Reign faced a tough first half of the season and went 0–9–1 in their first ten games after all three of their American allocated players were unavailable: Hope Solo was…

Harvey grew up in Bulkington, a village in Warwickshire in the West Midlands region of England. She attended The George Eliot School in Nuneaton. Her father was a full-time high school teacher and a football coach who worked for The Football Association (FA) and Coventry City F.C. during her childhood. She would often attend men's Premier League games with her father where he taught her and her brother to "not just watch the ball, but everything else that's going on." Harvey began playing football at a young age on boys teams and in neighborhood pickup games along with Laura Bassett as there was no youth girls league available. As a teenager, Harvey played for Coventry City L.F.C. for six years. She graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a bachelor's degree in Sports Studies.

Arsenal

FA Women's Premier League: 2009–10 FA Women's Super League: 2011, 2012 FA Women's League Cup: 2011, 2012 Women's FA Cup: 2011 Seattle Reign FC

NWSL Shield: 2014, 2015, 2022 The Women's Cup: 2022 United States U-20

CONCACAF Women's U-20 Championship: 2020 Individual

NWSL Coach of the Year: 2014, 2015, 2021 FA Coach of the Year: 2014 FA Pro Game Female Elite Coach of the Year: 2014 FAWSL Manager of the Year: 2011