Matt Peet
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Thomas Peet[1]
Born (1984-04-15) 15 April 1984 (age 39)
Wigan, Greater Manchester, England
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
2022– Wigan Warriors 59 42 0 17 71
Source: [2]
As of 28 August 2022

Matthew Peet (born 15 April 1984) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Wigan Warriors in the Betfred Super League.[3]

Background

Peet was born in Wigan and played amateur rugby league for many years around the area. While studying English at The University of Manchester, from which he graduated in 2005, he began to focus on coaching, before later coaching senior sides at both Westhoughton and Wigan St Patricks.[3][4]

Career

Peet joined Wigan in 2008, originally as a Scholarship coach. Peet held a number of roles within the club's youth ranks before being appointed to his first full-time position as the club's performance coach.[5] In 2013, he became Head Of Youth Performance, a role he would hold until 2018. Wigan's youth sides would win their respective Grand Finals six out of the seven years he was in the role. During this time he also held the dual role of England RL Academy assistant coach from 2013-2016.

In 2018, he switched codes to rugby union, joining Sale Sharks as High Performance Manager,[6] before returning to Wigan a year later as Assistant Coach to then-Head Coach, Adrian Lam.[7]

On 5 October 2021, following the departure of Lam, Peet was promoted head coach.[8] On 28 May 2022, Peet coached Wigan to victory in the 2022 Challenge Cup Final over Huddersfield. Peet guided Wigan to second place on the table at the end of the 2022 regular season. Wigan would not reach the grand final however, losing 20-8 against Leeds in the semi-final. In September 2022, Peet was awarded Super League Coach of the Year at the 2022 Super League Awards.[9] On 14 October 2023, Peet coached Wigan to their 2023 Super League Grand Final victory over the Catalans Dragons.[10]

References

  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ "Matt Peet". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Matt Peet | Wigan Warriors". www.wiganwarriors.com. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Matt Peet: Find out more about the man leading Wigan Warriors into their 150th year". www.wigantoday.net. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  5. ^ "'I absolutely detest it': Wigan Warriors boss Matt Peet desperate to make up for lost time in Challenge Cup final". Yorkshire Post. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  6. ^ "SHARKS ANNOUNCE MATTHEW PEET AS HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER". 12 December 2018.
  7. ^ "How assistant Peet has added bite to Wigan Warriors' defence". www.wigantoday.net. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Wigan Warriors appoint England boss to join coaching staff as Lee Briers also joins". www.bbc.co.uk. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Marshall grabs Challenge Cup glory for Wigan to break Huddersfield hearts". The Guardian. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Wigan Warriors crowned Super League champions after downing Dragons". www.theguardian.com.

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