Born: 7 May 1967, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

Steve Potts is an U21s Assistant Coach, working alongside Gerard Prenderville to support U21s Lead Coach Mark Robson.

Academy graduate Potts played over 500 matches as a defender and midfielder for West Ham United between 1985 and 2002.

After finishing out his playing career at Dagenham & Redbridge, Potts did ‘The Knowledge’ and became a London Black Cab driver.

He returned to the Hammers in 2011, initially working with players in the Youth Development phase in the U12-U16 age groups.

Since then, he has held a number of important coaching positions, working with players in the Professional Development phase, aged U17-U23, since 2015.

Both he and Prenderville have worked closely with all the young players who have gone on to play first-team football in recent seasons.