David Webb is an international football performance coach with more than 20 years' experience identifying, developing, and leading talent at elite club and international level. His career spans Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Bournemouth, Huddersfield Town and Bayer Leverkusen, working across the Premier League, Bundesliga, and international football. David also played a key role in helping Georgia qualify for UEFA EURO 2024, the country's first major tournament, before reaching the Round of 16.
Along the way, David has worked with and helped develop players including Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Wilfried Zaha and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, recruiting and developing talent that has gone on to generate more than £200 million in transfer value. Combined with a Master’s degree in Sports Psychology, that experience gives David a rare, evidence-based understanding of what it takes to turn potential into performance. He draws on what he calls a 'hunter’s mindset' to build belief, focus and determination under pressure.
David's expertise has been trusted by some of the world's leading media outlets and sporting organisations, including Sky Sports, talkSPORT, CNN, the BBC, the Daily Mail, the Irish Football Association, Leaders in Sport, and the Business of Sport Podcast. He also works with educational institutions, recently delivering a keynote at ACS Cobham International School on building resilience and maintaining commitment. With a set of core principles centred around intensity, flexibility, accountability and togetherness, David champions a fresh and dynamic approach to leadership.
Audiences leave David's keynotes able to spot the right talent for their environment, understand what makes individuals different, and build the conditions and mindset that help people identify their strengths and perform consistently, even when pressure is high. His style is authentic and conversational, shaped by years spent working directly with elite players and teams. Book David Webb today via Champions Speakers to help your audience turn potential into performance.
David Webb's official speaking topics are listed below:
The Hunter’s Mindset
High performance, team culture and resilience when the odds are against you
David Webb developed and used the Hunter’s Mindset with the Georgia national team during UEFA EURO 2024, when the lowest-ranked team in the competition faced Portugal in a crucial game. The aim was to create a fearless mentality: brave, ambitious, aggressive and united, with a shared belief that the team had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Drawing on the idea of the wolf pack, David shows how high-performing teams stay together, work together and perform together. He explores how leaders can create belief when expectations are low, strengthen commitment around a shared goal and help people perform under pressure without becoming constrained by fear.
The keynote is particularly relevant for teams and organisations facing ambitious targets, major change, unfamiliar territory or a challenge they have never achieved before.
Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how to:
- Build collective belief and commitment
- Create a stronger team culture around a shared goal
- Become more fearless and decisive under pressure
- Use adversity and low expectations as fuel rather than limitation
- Develop the resilience and mindset needed to perform when the stakes are high
Work together. Hunt together. Perform together.
Talent Isn’t Enough
Spotting, developing and turning potential into performance
Talent gets attention. But talent alone does not guarantee performance.
Across more than 20 years in elite football, David Webb has worked across the entire talent journey — identifying potential, recruiting it, developing it and creating environments in which talented individuals can perform.
Having worked with players including Harry Kane, Son Heung-min, Wilfried Zaha, Callum Wilson, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Giorgi Mamardashvili, David has seen first-hand that identifying ability is only the beginning. The real challenge is understanding the individual behind the talent: where they have come from, what makes them different, what environment they are entering and what they need in order to thrive.
Drawing on experiences from the Premier League, Bundesliga and international football, David explores why some talented people fulfil their potential while others stall — and why organisations must look beyond ability when recruiting and developing people.
The keynote challenges leaders to think differently about potential. Rather than simply asking, “How talented is this person?”, David encourages them to ask: “What makes this individual different, what can they uniquely bring to our team, and are we creating the right conditions for them to succeed?”
The keynote is particularly relevant for organisations focused on talent acquisition, leadership development, succession planning, high-performing teams and getting more from talented people.
Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how to:
- Identify the right talent rather than simply the most obvious talent
- Recognise the standout strengths that make individuals different
- Understand character, mindset and environment alongside ability
- Create conditions in which talented people can thrive
- Develop strengths rather than focusing solely on weaknesses
- Turn individual potential into sustainable performance
Spot the potential. Understand the person. Create the environment. Unlock the performance.
Consistency Under Pressure
Why what you do repeatedly determines how far you can go
Consistency will never guarantee success. But inconsistency will almost certainly prevent you from achieving it.
In elite football, one exceptional performance is not enough. Players, coaches and teams are judged by their ability to reproduce behaviours, standards and decision-making repeatedly — particularly when pressure, setbacks and uncertainty make doing so difficult.
Drawing on more than 20 years in elite football and his background in Sports Psychology, David Webb explores what consistency actually looks like inside high-performance environments and why it is often misunderstood.
Consistency isn't about being perfect every day. It is about creating clear standards, behaviours and habits that people can return to regardless of circumstances. It means maintaining commitment when motivation drops, responding constructively when performance dips and continuing to execute the fundamentals when pressure increases.
David shares lessons from elite club and international football to show how individuals and teams can create greater consistency in the behaviours they control — preparation, mindset, communication, decision-making and response to adversity.
The keynote is particularly relevant for organisations experiencing performance fluctuations, demanding targets, periods of change or teams where talent and capability exist but results remain inconsistent.
Audiences leave with a clearer understanding of how to:
- Turn high standards into repeatable everyday behaviours
- Build habits that support performance rather than relying on motivation
- Maintain focus and discipline when circumstances become difficult
- Respond to setbacks without allowing standards to fall
- Create greater consistency across individuals and teams
- Understand the relationship between consistency, confidence and sustainable performance
Consistency doesn't guarantee success. But without consistency, sustained success becomes impossible.
Official Feedback From In-Person & Virtual Events:
“David was a speaker at an event in Leeds and to put it simply, he was outstanding. I would strongly recommend David for future speaking opportunities should you be looking for team building, leadership development and keynote speakers.” - Sean Jarvis, Chief Executive Officer at Leicestershire County Cricket Club
"Dave delivered an excellent session on the importance of commitment, resilience and overcoming adversity, sharing valuable insights from his own experiences at the highest level of the game. His message really resonated with our students, who left the session feeling motivated, inspired and ready for the season ahead. A huge thank you to Dave for giving his time, sharing his expertise and delivering such an engaging and inspiring Masterclass for our students. We look forward to seeing the impact of his words throughout the year." - Sebastion Pedley, Assistant Head of Sport & Head of Football, ACS International School Cobham
- 2026 - Worked with the English FA to deliver his Hunters Mindset keynote to U17-U21 international coaches
- 2026 - Delivered a keynote at ACS Cobham international school on building resilience and maintaining commitment
- 2024 - Helped Georgia reach their first place in a major tournament, beating Portugal and getting to round 16 of the European Championship
- 2023 - Assistant Manager for Georgia
- 2022 - Manager of York City
- 2019 - Head of Football Operations at Huddersfield Town
- 2018 - Technical Director, First Team Coach of Ostersunds FK
- 2015 - Head of Elite ID and Player Development at Tottenham Hotspur
- 2010 - U15-U21 Talent ID Scout at Southampton
- 2008 - Consultant Coach at Bayer Leverkusen
- 2007 - Head of Academy Coaching at Millwall
- 2002 - Academy Coach and Scouting Coordinator at Crystal Palace
- 2000 - Academy Coach and Scouting Coordinator at AFC Wimbledon
- MSc in Sports Psychology
How to hire David Webb
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