I am a lecturer in esports , with a background in business development and coaching having previously worked with a range of teams across Europe. Including Northampton town, Nerd rage,
I started coaching at age 15 originally within KS1 and KS2 sports coaching working on sports pedagogy and development before building up my coaching portfolio into senior level development within rugby, football and disability sport. After getting injured I moved into competitive gaming firstly playing magic the gathering reaching multiple top 64 at national events and placing 4th and representing Wales. Within this time I developed many rosters and worked alongside teams across many ERL division 2 level.
Alongside this I am an active member and community manager for the esports research network and provide guidance and support for a range of external projects which are listen on my LinkedIn.
Professional memberships and activities
- Member of the international federation of esports coaches
- Member of the esports research network.
Academic qualifications
MSC International events management (University of Northampton)
BSC sports studies (University of Northampton)
BA Accounting (University of Northampton)
Expertise
- Coaching and development
- Sports management
- Sports pedagogy
- Business management
- Entrepreneurship
Research interests
- Player development within esports
- Coaching development
- Holistic management
- Esports education
- Grass roots esports development
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Multidisciplinary teams
- Managing a digital world
- Global esports
- CSR
- Analytics for industry
- Final year project
Publications
Vanloo, C., 2022, November. Understanding Esports Coaching Experiences: An Evaluation of Educational Activities Associated with High Performance Coaches and Their Development. In BOOK OF ABSTRACTS (p. 181).