Skip to content

Laura Kerr

  • Athletics NI Talent Coach Development & Physical Preparation Lead
  • MSc Human Performance
  • Accredited Strength & Conditioning Coach
  • Former NCAA Javelin thrower and GB U23 Team member
  • GB, NI and Irish Team Coach with experience at the World University Games, Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Youth Games, European Team Championships & European Youth Championships
  • Throws coach to European U20 Heptathlon Silver Medallist Kate O’Connor and Irish Universities Javelin record holder-Jack Magee. 
  • Manager of Athletics Northern Ireland’s Youth Academy which delivers a physical preparation curriculum to 35 of the country’s best athletes on a weekly basis and supports athlete coach-pairs with warm weather training camps, strength diagnostics, and education on performance behaviours and mindset