Blaine's Interviews

Blaine has done a number of interviews for publications around the world. He has covered a range of topics including his journey as a coach abroad, sport psychology, and his views on football.

pRACTICAL tIPS TO help coaches teach players life skills

Blaine was invited on to The Sport Psych Show by world renowned Sport Psychologist, Dan Abrahams.

The Coaches network

Blaine discussed all things coaching and life abroad with the highly regarded Coaches Network.

Across the line football podcast

Blaine discussed sport psychology in football and how to help young people using a range of performance techniques.

The Lowdown

Blaine had a chat with Conor on all things coaching.

A wee bit of everything

Blaine had a great chat with two PE teachers about a range of coaching topics.

The world game

Blaine had an enjoyable chat with three guys from the Football Federation Australia on their new podcast.

Blaine McKENNA: Football Coach

Blaine discussed his story with the excellent Inside the Beautiful Game podcast.

Interview with Blaine Mckenna

Blaine was interviewed by a prominent Thai League fan for his website.

Coaching Youth Football

Blaine was asked to contribute a piece to Ray Power’s excellent book.

Travelling the world to further coaching career

Daily Mirror journalist Maxie Swain interviewed Blaine on his roles coaching abroad.

A Coaching odyssey

Blaine was interviewed by the Heart of Football site on his coaching journey to date..

Breaking Down Barriers in Sports Psychology

Football Federation Australia shared Blaine’s research with their coaches.

10 countries and counting - Blaine mckenna's coaching journey

Respected Bangkok based journalist, Paul Murphy, approached Blaine to do an interview for his blog at the end of Blaine’s spell at Ubon UMT United.

Meet Blaine McKenna, the Northern Irish coach making waves across continents.

Blaine did an interview on coaching abroad for the very popular, These Football Times, who contribute content to some of the biggest media platforms in the world including, the BBC, ESPN, Bleacher Report, and China Daily.

Football coach Blaine is going the extra mile to make a lifetime of memories.

Blaine did an interview on coaching abroad for the one of the biggest national newspapers in Northern Ireland.

Breaking Down Barriers in Sports Psychology

Blaine’s sport psychology research was published by the highly popular Player Development Project, described as the most progressive coaching community in the world. They have contributions from the top coaches and academics working in sport.

Oscar’s move a sign of the rising power of Chinese football

Blaine featured in an interview on Chinese football by one of Ireland’s largest national newspapers, The Irish times, which is read by 650,000 people each day.

Coaches Corner

Blaine did an interview on his coaching philosophy for a South African company, the month before he was due to arrive in the country to lead sessions at a full-time academy.

Blaine McKenna - Careers In Sport | Ulster University

Blaine did an interview for his old University on how his undergraduate and postgraduate degrees helped him develop the skill set needed to succeed in the real world.