Coaching, mental health and getting help: A conversation with Matt Beard’s brother

The following article contains a discussion of suicide. Each day Mark Beard spends in recovery is a reminder of what could have been. He is living a version of the future that his brother, the late former Liverpool Women manager Matt Beard, could have had. Mark is a professional development coach at Premier League club Hull City. His brother Matt was a revered women’s football coach synonymous with Liverpool, where he won back-to-back Women’s Super League titles in 2013 and 2014 before returning