Will Still

Early career

Still started his career as assistant of the U14 manager of Preston North End, where he had an internship as part of his football studies at Myerscough College. In 2014, he became video analyst at Sint-Truiden, after successfully using a match analysis to convince manager Yannick Ferrera. In 2015, the team were promoted to the Belgian First Division A, and when Ferrera switched to Standard Liège, Still followed him. That season, Standard Liège won the Belgian Cup, but in September 2016, both Ferrera and his assistants were sacked.

Lierse

In April 2017, Still started a new position at second division team Lierse, combining the video analyst job with the assignment as assistant manager of Frederik Vanderbiest. In June 2017, Still returned to Standard Liège, only to leave two days later as his new club did not want to fulfill the agreed upon arrangements as part of the contract negotiations. Still was able to return immediately to Lierse, where (at just 24 years of age) he was appointed caretaker manager in October due to the sacking of Vanderbiest. Eventually, Lierse employed Still as full-time manager. Still managed to guide the team to 21 points out of 27, including a seven-game winning streak. The 2–0 victory against Westerlo of 2 December 2017 became his last match as head coach however, as he did not possess a UEFA A Licence, which is required in the Belgian First Division B to remain in charge for more than 60 days. Still stayed with Lierse…

William Still was born on 14 October 1992 in Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium to English parents, Jane (née Bagley) and Julian Richard Still, who left the United Kingdom two years earlier. His father worked for Shell. Still has two brothers, Nicolas and Edward, both also active in football. He holds dual Belgian and British citizenship. Growing up in the Walloon region, near Brussels, he went to a French language school and then learned Dutch by playing for Flemish football clubs. He went through Sint-Truiden and Mons youth teams, and finally played for Mons reserve team and amateur club Tempo Overijse, back then playing in the Belgian Fourth Division. Still has stated that playing the Football Manager and Championship Manager video game series helped him to decide to switch focus from playing at the age of 17, and move to England to start studying to become a coach at Myerscough College in Preston, Lancashire. Still is a fan of English club West Ham United.

Still is currently in a relationship with Sky Sports reporter Emma Saunders. In March 2025, he received her blessing to continue working while she was suffering from encephalitis.