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Friday was born in Chichester, England.
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Friday was appointed head coach after the United States. coach for the 2013-2014 season, Matt Hawkins, was asked to resign following the United States. team"s poor performance in the 2013-2014 Institutional Review Board Sevens World Series. Friday had previously served as head coach for the national rugby sevens teams of England from 2004 to 2006, and Kenya from 2012 to 2013. Friday played professional rugby.
He played 15s for various teams, including the London Wasps and Harlequins, and in 7s he captained the England national sevens team
Friday is the former head coach of the England national rugby sevens team He was named to the position near the end of the 2003/2004 season, after serving for three years as assistant to Joe Lydon.
He resigned from the role at the end of 2006 in order to take up a business role in The City of London. Mike Friday was appointed as coach of the Kenya national rugby sevens team on 25 May 2012 by the Kenyan Rugby Football Union.
He led the Kenya 7s team to one of its best performances in Wellington New Zealand, on 2 February 2013, to the final versus England which Kenya lost 19-24 during extra time.
Friday also led Kenya to a 5th place finish in the 2013 London Sevens. Friday led the Kenyan sevens team to a series high of 99 points in the 2012-2013 Institutional Review Board Sevens World Series. Friday was reportedly fired by the Director of National Squads and Elite Performance, Philip Jalang"o, barely a day after the end of the 2012-2013 season.
This decision was however denied by the chair of the Kenya Rugby Union Mwangi Muthee, with Philip Jalang"o losing his job as a result.
Friday was appointed head coach of the United States national sevens team by United States of America Rugby Chief Executive Officer Nigel Melville in July 2014. (Melville was Friday"s coach when Friday played at London Wasps).
Initially Friday concurrently retained his role as director of rugby for the England-based London Scottish F.C. professional rugby team As of May 14, 2015 it was announced that Friday is leaving the London Scottish F.C. role.
The following table shows the results of national teams coached by Mike Friday in the World Rugby Sevens Series.
