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- André Coley (born 22 September 1974 in Jamaica) is a former Jamaican first class player. As a wicket-keeper and left-handed batsman, he played 7 first class and 10 List A matches, mainly for Jamaica between 1996 and 2000. He did not represent the West Indies at the senior international level, but did play for the Under 19 team for 2 years, and for the Jamaican team at the 1998 Commonwealth Games. Following a short First Class career, André embarked on the process of becoming a certified cricket coach and is accredited to the WICB Level 2 and Cricket Australia Level 3 Programmes. Following relative success at the national junior representative level, having coached the Jamaican Under 15 and Under 19 from 2006 to 2009, he was appointed Head Coach of the WI Under 19 ICC World Cup Squad in 2010 where the Team finished third. In 2010, he became a member of the inaugural management unit tasked with the implementation and execution of the West Indies High Performance Centre Programme at UWI Cavehill, Barbados, and has also been an assistant and performance coach to the West Indies Women’s Squad on several tours and ICC Tournaments. André has also held the position of Assistant Coach to the West Indies Men’s Squad, a position he held between October 2012 and June 2017 with the primary role of facilitating the continued development of the wicket-keepers and fielders throughout the various squads. He was also Assistant Coach to the St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots in 2016 and The St. Lucia Stars in 2017 in the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and is currently the Head Coach of the Windward Island Volcanoes franchise cricket team, a position he has held since August 2017. (en)
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