{"id":9597,"date":"2026-02-05T17:17:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/?p=9597"},"modified":"2026-02-08T19:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T19:54:11","slug":"new-head-coach-ainsley-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/2026\/02\/05\/new-head-coach-ainsley-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"New Head Coach \u2013 Ainsley Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Solihull Barons are pleased to announce the appointment of Ainsley Smith as the club\u2019s new Head Coach.<br class=\"html-br\" \/>Ainsley brings a wealth of experience, a strong hockey background, and a clear vision for the future of the Barons. His approach, built around hard work, structure, and player development, aligns perfectly with where we want to take this club in the coming seasons.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>He has already begun working with the team and is looking forward to meeting the fans, building momentum, and driving the Barons forward both on and off the ice.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>Please join us in giving Ainsley a warm welcome to the Barons family.<br class=\"html-br\" \/>We\u2019re excited for the next chapter \u2014 and we hope you are too.<br class=\"html-br\" \/><br class=\"html-br\" \/>COYB\u00a0<span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t6e\/1\/16\/1f534.png\" alt=\"&#x1f534;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><span class=\"html-span xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xat24cr xm2jcoa x1mpyi22 xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"xz74otr x15mokao x1ga7v0g x16uus16 xbiv7yw\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t8d\/1\/16\/26aa.png\" alt=\"&#x26aa;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solihull Barons are pleased to announce the appointment of Ainsley Smith as the club\u2019s new Head Coach.Ainsley brings a wealth of experience, a strong hockey background, and a clear vision for the future of the Barons. His approach, built around hard work, structure, and player development, aligns perfectly with where we want to take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9598,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9597"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9599,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9597\/revisions\/9599"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solihull-barons.net\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}