👤 Meet Our Founder & Head Coach – David

David is the Founder and Head Coach at Joga Futsal, bringing over 16 years of coaching experience across football and futsal. He currently serves as the First Team Head Coach while also coaching multiple age groups within the Academy.

Before moving into full-time coaching, David enjoyed a successful playing career with Queen’s Park, making close to 200 appearances for the club. During his time there, he:

Won promotion twice,

Captained the team to the SPFL League Two title,

And signed his first full-time professional contract at the age of 29.

David is a UEFA Futsal B Licence coach and has a huge passion for the game. He strongly believes in the benefits futsal brings to developing football players. Having spent significant time abroad, he has built strong relationships with futsal clubs and coaches across the world — knowledge and experience he now brings back to Joga to inspire the next generation..

JJack Herd is the Head Coach of the Joga Development Team and also coaches across all age groups within the Joga Academy.

Jack began his coaching journey straight after leaving school, spending three years in college before going on to complete a University Degree in Sports Coaching. With over six years of coaching experience, Jack has built a strong foundation in developing young players both on and off the court.

Although football was Jack’s main sport throughout higher education, his passion for futsal quickly grew after being introduced to the game by David. Jack explains:

“My interest and passion for futsal grew massively after being introduced to the sport from David. All the demands in futsal — technical, tactical, physical, psychological, social, and more — make the game special and really enjoyable. I believe every kid interested in football should be introduced to futsal.”

Jack now channels that passion into his coaching at Joga, helping players experience the unique benefits of futsal as part of their football development.

Paul is currently the lead coach within our Junior Futsal Academy mainly focusing on the 7-9 year old age group.

Paul has coached for over 10 years and has been involved at Joga for a number of years. Paul is a character that children are keen to work due to his enthusiastic manner with players.