Wiegman changed Phil Neville as England supervisor in September 2021, guiding the Lionesses to their first piece of main silverware at Euro 2022 once they beat Germany 2-1 within the closing at Wembley.

England then reached the World Cup closing in Australia in 2023, solely to lose 1-0 to Spain.

At this yr’s Euros, England confirmed unbelievable battling qualities to stay within the event and have become the one nation within the competitors’s historical past to have three totally different matches go to further time.

By reaching the ultimate Wiegman turned the primary girls’s or males’s supervisor to succeed in 5 consecutive main worldwide finals after main the Netherlands to the Euro 2017 title and 2019 World Cup closing.

The Lionesses beat Spain 3-1 on penalties in July after the ultimate completed 1-1 after further time in Switzerland, with Chelsea goalkeeper Hannah Hampton saving two of Spain’s efforts within the shootout.

The victory meant Wiegman turned simply the second supervisor after Germany’s Christina Theune to win three successive European Championships.

England’s success led to Wiegman being named girls’s coach of the yr on the 2025 Ballon d’Or awards, whereas she additionally gained the ladies’s coach prize on the Fifa Greatest Awards for a document fifth time.

Trevor Painter and Jenny Meadows shared the BBC Sports activities Character Coach of the 12 months award in 2024 after guiding Keely Hodgkinson to 800m Olympic gold on the Paris Video games.

Sir Alex Ferguson gained the inaugural Coach of the 12 months award in 1999, the yr Manchester United gained the Treble.

Earlier winners embody Sir Clive Woodward, Colin Montgomerie and Claudio Ranieri.

Wiegman joins Arsene Wenger, Sir Dave Brailsford and Sir Gareth Southgate in successful the award greater than as soon as.