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James Rowberry is a Welsh football manager and former player who is assistant coach of the Wales national team and assistant manager of EFL Championship side Stoke City.

Coaching career
Rowberry played youth football with Bristol City and Newport County, who he joined aged 16. His father Stephen played for Newport in the , He grew up a small distance from Rodney Parade, Newport's current stadium, and was the mascot of Newport aged five. Rowberry gained his UEFA Pro Licence in 2014 aged 29, making him one of the youngest people to complete the highest qualification badges in Europe. He joined Newport in 2009, working with the first team and development team, before moving to Cardiff City in 2013 to work with the club's academy. He also worked with the Welsh Football Trust as a football development officer, and later as a coach educator. When Slade himself left the job in 2016, Rowberry was among the candidates to take over the role. He would go on to work with Paul Trollope and Neil Warnock, and Rowberry says that he learned "pure coaching" from Slade and Trollope, while under Warnock he learned "pure management". On 19 October 2021, Rowberry was appointed manager of his hometown team, EFL League Two club Newport County, with the team 13th in the league after 13 matches of the 2021–22 season. He was given a contract until summer 2024, and took over from caretaker manager Wayne Hatswell, who had managed the club for four unbeaten league matches following the departure of manager Michael Flynn, with Rowberry saying he had "big shoes to fill" due to the success Flynn had at the club. Hatswell was retained as assistant manager, but resigned his position on 22 February 2022. On the same day, Cardiff coach Carl Serrant was appointed as assistant to Rowberry. Newport finished the season in 11th place in League Two. On 10 October 2022 Rowberry was sacked with Newport in 18th place in League Two after 13 league matches of the 2022–23 season. Serrant was also sacked and Sporting Director Darren Kelly took the role of Newport County caretaker manager. In February 2023 Rowberry was appointed as FAW Head of Elite Coach Education. In February 2024 Rowberry was appointed assistant coach to the Wales national women's team. In August 2024 Rowberry was appointed as assistant coach to new Wales national team manager Craig Bellamy. Rowberry Joined Stoke City on 1 January 2025 as assistant manager to Mark Robins. ==Personal life==
Personal life
In August 2022, Rowberry revealed that he considers himself 'fortunate to be here' having had a pacemaker fitted following a routine check-up showed led to him being diagnosed with third-degree atrioventricular heart block. ==Managerial statistics==
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