Andy Tennant has resigned as Essex Women’s head coach after less than a full season in charge. He was appointed last year following Essex’s promotion to Tier 1 status, but leaves with just five wins across all competitions.
Struggles Despite Previous Success
Tennant had guided Sunrisers to a maiden trophy in 2024, but could not replicate that success with Essex. The team managed only one win in the Metro Bank One-Day Cup, finished near the bottom in the Vitality Blast, and were eliminated by Yorkshire in the T20 County Cup.
“𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒍𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒐𝒏,” 𝑻𝒆𝒏𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅. “𝑭𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒂𝒔𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒏𝒆𝒙𝒕 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚.”
Essex Look Ahead
Danni Warren, Essex Women’s performance director, praised Tennant’s role in the transition from Sunrisers to Essex.
“𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓’𝒔 𝑯𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒅,” 𝑾𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒂𝒊𝒅.
Jason Gallian will lead the coaching staff for the remainder of the season while the club begins its search for a new head coach.
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