Background
The son of former Aston Villa striker and European Cup winner Peter Withe, Jason Withe"s professional career did not see the success of his father"s with much of his time spent playing in the reserves and non-league.
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He spent 1986 to 1990 with West Bromwich Albion before spending some time in Finland with KPV Kokkola in 1990. Returning to England, he played for Stafford Rangers, Stockport County, Crewe Alexandra, Burnley and Telford United. His first post-football job in coaching was at Birmingham City where he was Community Football Director which was followed by time with Aston Villa where he worked as a coach educator.
He was also employed as an Football Association (FA) tutor, delivering FA qualifications to budding coaches.
He was "Head Coach" of Thailand Premier League side, leading the side to domestic double in 1999–2000. He moved to Singapore to become manager of who play in the South-League where he steered them to a respectable second place in 2002.
A moved back to Thailand followed as Technical Director and then Head Coach of Bangkok Bank Football Club. In 2005 he became Assistant National Team Manager for the Indonesia Football Association.< Withe moved back to the United Kingdom where he obtained his Union of European Football Associations Pro Licence in 2006 and in 2007 became Head of Youth for Aldershot Town. He then scouted for Norwich City During this period he was also chairman of Knowle.
A spell as Director of Football for Southern United followed in 2010.
He was appointed as the centre director of Leicester City Girls Centre of Excellence in June 2011.
