Meet the Protec staff
At Protec you can feel confident that your future is in safe hands. Our staff have a wealth of experience and qualifications between them and our coaching and educational programmes are second to none.
Pete Edwards
Protec Football Academy founder Pete Edwards began his football career over 20 years ago and worked as a Fitness Coach for Arsenal, Nottingham Forest and Manchester City, before moving on to coaching academy football at Barnet. Pete formed Protec in 1995 with one main aim in mind: To offer talented youngsters the opportunity to maximise their achievements both on and off the pitch, with a unique football training and education package designed to develop the skills required in today's fast-paced professional game.
Craig Maskell
Craig has been instrumental in the development of Protec. Before becoming a qualified coach, Craig had a distinguished career in league football as a forward, playing over 400 games with Southampton, Huddersfield Town, Swindon Town, Reading and Leyton Orient. He left League Football and became player-coach at Hampton & Richmond Borough, then joined Aylesbury United before joining Protec.
Justin Mosley
Justin joined Protec as Academy Manager after coaching at Arsenal. He is the current first team manager at Enfield 1893 and is a qualified UEFA coach and goalkeeping coach. Justin deals with the day-to-day control of Protec's North London operation.
Tim Zobbo
Tim is a UEFA qualified coach ad is Head of Youth Development at Protec. He has been with us for over ten years and has led the Protec Barnet u18 and 19 squads to league wins in both the Conference and Southern Floodlit League. He also took the u16 squad to County Champions in the 2009/10 campaign. Tim is in control of youth development for all age groups from u11 to u19
John Cumberbatch
John heads up Protec's South London Academy and has been with us as a coach for 10 years. John is a UEFA qualified coach and has managed in the Ryman League.
Mark Cumberbatch
Protec Coach Mark Cumberbatch started as a Protec player and was signed by Barnet FC from the Academy at professional level. After leaving Barnet he played non-league at Tonbridge Angels and currently plays in the Ryman Premier League. Mark is a UEFA qualified coach and holds a BTEC diploma in Sports Science.
Neil
Smith
Protec coach Neil Smith
is our senior and junior schools
coordinator for our
Development and Progression centres. Neil is also a UEFA qualified coach.
Ken Fisher
Ken has been a coach Protec for 3 years and manages the Protec Croydon u18 and u19 squads. He has been a scout for Arsenal for a number of years and is a qualified UEFA coach.
