Chris Casper

Club

Burnley

Position

Academy Coach

Nationality

England

Date of birth

1975-04-28

Birthplace

Burnley, England

Height

1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)

Christopher Martin Casper (born 28 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player who is the academy manager at EFL Championship side Burnley.

As a player he was a defender who played in the Premier League for Manchester United and in the Football League for AFC Bournemouth, Swindon Town and Reading. An injury forced him to retire from playing in 2000 at the age of 24.

Casper proceeded into management and took charge of Team Bath in 2002 before moving to Football League Two club Bury for three years. At the time, he was the youngest manager in the top four tiers of the English football league system. However, a run of poor form in 2008 led to his departure from Bury. Casper then took backroom jobs at Bradford City and Grimsby Town, before joining the Premier League as a club support manager.