About Us
"Be Great Be An Icon"
Firstly we would like to say welcome to Football Icon Academy and thank you for taking time to visit our website. We have a huge passion to developing the next footballing generation and look forward to working with you along our continued journey.
Owner, Adam Cash has several years of experience playing the game and is taking huge action in developing boys and girls of all ages and abilities. Our programmes and coaching methods are designed to build players confidence and to improve individuals ball control.
We work with children aged 4-18 years old and have a number of different programmes to help develop boys and girls of all abilities. We currently have a number of development centres in the South East of the UK and work in schools day to day. Our coaching team are all DBS checked and are Level 2 or above FA Qualified.
Adam Cash Founder
Adam Cash is the visionary and founder of the Football Icon Academy. Having played academy football in his younger years, Adam played semi-professionally in the conference leagues. After 3 ACL injuries he set up Football Icon Academy in 2018 which has become one of the UK's leading training programmes.
Jack McKnight Head Coach
As an ex professional footballer with Eastleigh we are proud to have Jack on board full time. Jack has run the Oxford centre since 2020 and is the 1 to 1 specialist within our organisation.
Joanne Williams Girls Head Coach
Joanne Williams head our girls programme leading centres in Chorleywood and St Albans. She has vast experience working for the FA and at Watford Women where she is currently head coach for the U18's.
Joel Smith
Head of Pre Academy
Joel started with us full time in 2022 and has been a fantastic addition. As well as running some of our popular development centres, Joel is in charge of our pre academy and U8 group at Hayes & Yeading Fc
Nicola Waxler
Head Coach
Nicola played for the youth team for a successful Arsenal Women side and is currently a scout at Arsenal. Nicola leads the Chigwell girls sessions on a Friday night and a huge part of our team
Jake Millman
Head of Development Centres
Jake oversees all of our development centres at Football Icon Academy. He joined the team in 2019 and has developed from college into one our head coaches.
Rob Huff
Business Development & Schools Programme Co-Ordinator
Rob joined us in 2022 and has been crucial in the growth of the business. He oversees the schools programme, liaeses with sponsors and assists with the day to day running of the business. Rob also heads up our foundation. Which plays a crucial part in ensuring all members of the community have access to Football.