I’d love to be England coach one day, but just not quite yet, admits Andrew Flintoff
Former England star Andrew Flintoff has revealed that he dreams of coaching the national team in the future. Flintoff, who called time on his international career in 2009, has been building his career as a coach and already has lower-level qualifications while also working as a TV presenter.
After a brief foray into boxing, the 2005 Ashes hero returned to the grassroots levels of the game he once dominated with bat and ball, earning his way through in the lower levels of coaching. However, with the ECB currently looking for someone to replace Trevor Bayliss at the end of the ongoing Ashes series, Flintoff could well be a choice.
"Coaching is definitely an ambition. There are probably two or three coaching jobs I'd like - England, Lancashire or Lancashire Academy. I'd love to be England coach one day, just not quite yet. I've got two of my coaching levels - me and (former England team-mate) Steve Harmison might do our level threes soon," he told BBC radio's Test Match Special programme on Friday.
Flintoff, who helped England win the Ashes as a player in 2005 and 2009, played his county cricket with Lancashire and has done some coaching work with the Under-13 side there. Meanwhile, the 41-year-old revealed, in a funny way, that he was not taken seriously when he applied for the national team coaching job in 2014.
"A few years ago I applied for the England coaching job - we were getting beat, I was in the office and thought, 'I'm going to apply'. I wrote an email for the interview, a month passed and I'd heard nothing. I chased it up, then I got a phone call saying they thought it was somebody taking the mick!" Flintoff added.
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