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Left to right: New Head Coach Danny Vaughan, Assistanct Coach John Whitehead and Chairman of Senior Rugby Paul Shirtcliff
Head Coach - Danny Vaughan:
One of Kent's most renowned coaches, Vaughan brings a wealth of high level experience and a track record of proven success to Sevenoaks. From 2004 until 2011 he was head coach at Canterbury, leading them to four consecutive Kent Cup victories and promotion to National Division 2 - rugby's Level 4. In 2006, Canterbury won the prestigious Rugby World National team of the year award under Danny's leadership.
Prior to joining Canterbury, Vaughan was head coach at Blackheath, Kent's premier rugby club, where he gained further national League experience, and at Westcombe Park, with which he also won the Kent Cup.
A full-time rugby coach, Vaughan is employed by the Rugby Football Union (RFU) as a Community Rugby Coach for East Kent and is one of the few coaches to hold RFU Level 4 coaching status. He is a member of the Red Rose Masterclass Elite Coaches Programme at Twickenham.
Outside of club rugby, Vaughan followed a two-year period as head coach of the Kent County U23 squad by taking over as head coach of the full Kent senior squad in 2002, a position he held for six years. He has also coached at the University of Kent, and run development sessions for the Estonian national squad.
As a player, Vaughan gained huge experience with Blackheath, for whom he played more than 150 1st XV games.
Contact: 07966-311382 coachdv@googlemail.com
Assistant Coach - John Whitehead:
John brings with him a wealth of previous coaching experience, most notably as Joint Head Coach at Thanet Wanderers RFC between 2009-2010, and as Coach at Maidstone RFC between 2002- 2008. Prior to that he has coached at Cranbrook RFC and has achieved RFU Level 3 coaching status.Outside of club rugby, John has also been Head Coach of Rugby at Sir Joseph Williamsons Mathematical School, Rochester. A former player himself, he has considerable 1st team experience in various positions both at Beckenham RFC and at Gillingham Anchorians RFC where he was 1st XV captain for three seasons.
John will work alongside Head Coach Danny Vaughan in preparing all senior players during midweek training, but will be specifically tasked to oversee and assist the 2nd XV in match day coaching and preparation.
Contact: 07979-372174 jwwcoach@googlemail.com