Fran Wilson appointed Gloucestershire Women’s head coach as she ends playing career at Somerset to forge new beginning.
Fran Wilson named as head coach of Gloucestershire Women.
After finishing her playing career with Somerset, former World Cup-winning batter Fran Wilson has been appointed head coach of Gloucestershire Women’s.
Between 2010 and 2021, Wilson, 33, made 64 international appearances in various forms, including eight games for England at the 2017 World Cup, where they defeated India in the final at Lord’s.
Additionally, she participated in the 2020 T20 World Cup in Australia. In February 2021, she made her final international appearance during England’s tour of New Zealand.
Wilson made her Somerset debut in 2006 before joining Western Storm in 2016. She also played for Gloucestershire in the Vitality Women’s County T20 championships in 2022 and 2023 while honing her coaching abilities through the county’s Girls Emerging Players Programme.
She also played for the Sunrisers, Middlesex, Kent, Hobart Hurricanes, Sydney Thunder, Welsh Fire, Trent Rockets, Oval Invincibles, and Birmingham Phoenix during her career.
After serving as a consultant for the first team throughout the 2025 season, she will now assume full-time leadership of Gloucestershire in Tier 2 of the new women’s county structure.
“I’ve done a lot of coaching alongside playing over the last five or six years, but it’s really exciting to now step into that journey fully,” Wilson said, “especially with Gloucestershire, a great club that I’ve been involved with for a long time.
“We all want results, but the real goal is to build sustainable success and to put the foundations in place that allow us to compete and thrive as a Tier 1 Club.
“A huge part of my role is about building those foundations from the first team right through to the age groups, having a genuine influence across that pathway.
“By developing the resources we already have in the county and creating a strong network and structure around the players, I believe we can achieve long-term success.”