Ciara Grogan

Ciara joined Women in Sport in October 2024 to lead on Women’s Coaching, primarily building a movement to help transform the culture for women to feel they belong and thrive in coaching.

Volunteering in sport in childhood eventually led to a varied career across the sport sector where she has a developed a good depth of experience whilst keeping a drive to understand and empower people. Beginnings from frontline coaching and lifeguarding through to working in a sporting body, active partnership, local authority, non-departmental public body and to a social enterprise focussing on youth employability and community facility development.

She is proud to be a part of contributing to Women in Sport’s vision, and particularly passionate about working collaboratively to enable more women and girls experiencing the joy and benefits of coaching.

Her favourite moment of her sporting life is eight year old Ciara, who could finally play football in a team to put on my football boots, shin pads and kit and have a game! Adult Ciara is constantly inspired by women and girls playing sport or being active and overcoming barriers to do this each day.