{{Short description|English-born Irish footballer and coach (born 1986)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Travis Binnion | image = | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1986|11|10}} | birth_place = Derby, England | height = 1.78 m<ref>{{Cite web |title=Travis Binnion |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe15433/travis-binnion/ |access-date=2025-07-28 |website=worldfootball.net |language=en}}</ref> | position = Defender | currentclub = Manchester United (first-team coach) | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Sheffield United | years1 = 2006–2008 | clubs1 = Sheffield United | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2008 | clubs2 = → IFK Mariehamn | caps2 = 6 | goals2 = 0 | nationalyears1 = 2007 | nationalteam1 = Republic of Ireland U19 | nationalcaps1 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2013–2016 | managerclubs1 = Sheffield United U18 (assistant) | manageryears2 = 2016–2019 | managerclubs2 = Sheffield United U21 | manageryears3 = 2021–2023 | managerclubs3 = Manchester United U18 | manageryears4 = 2023–2026 | managerclubs4 = Manchester United U21 }} '''Travis Binnion '''(born 10 November 1986) is a professional football coach and former player who played as a defender. He is currently a first-team coach for a Premier League club Manchester United. Binnion previously serves as the head coach of the Manchester United Under-21s. Born in England, he represented the Republic of Ireland at youth level.
Born in Derby, England, he began his career with Sheffield United and played for IFK Mariehamn in the Veikkausliiga. After retiring from playing through injury he was manager of the Sheffield United Academy.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.sufc.co.uk/news/2016/june/academy-staff/|title=Academy staff|access-date=2017-10-02}}</ref>
==Football career==
===Playing career=== Coming through the ranks at the Blades Academy, Binnion came back from a career threatening hip injury to break into the reserve team at Bramall Lane during the 2006–07 season.<ref name="Blades Profile">{{Cite web| url = http://origin-www.sufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/ReservesProfiles/0,,10418~1080196,00.html|title=Blades Profile|accessdate=22 May 2008|publisher =Sheffield United F.C.|date=27 July 2007}}</ref> In April 2008 he was signed by IFK Mariehamn in Finland to further progress his career.<ref name="Finland loan">{{Cite web |url=http://www.sufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10418~1291913,00.html|title=Youngsters head North|accessdate=22 May 2008|publisher=Sheffield United F.C. |date=17 April 2008}}</ref>
===Coaching career=== Having failed to find regular first team football Binnion retired from playing and took up a coaching role at his former club, Sheffield United.<ref name="united coaching">{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/sheffield-united/sheffield-united-weir-wants-to-create-a-culture-of-opportunity-1-5988738|title=Weir wants to create a culture of opportunity|publisher=The Sheffield Star|date=28 August 2013|accessdate=28 August 2013}}</ref> In June 2016 it was announced he would be taking over as Academy manager from Nick Cox who moved to Manchester United.<ref name=":0" /> In 2019, he moved to Manchester United, where he was appointed as the Head of Player Development for the Under 14s-Under 16s phase, before being appointed as the head coach for the Under-18s in 2021.<ref name="Manchester United Coaching">{{cite web|url=https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/academy-coaching-update-as-travis-binnion-confirmed-as-new-u18s-coach|title=Academy Coaching Update|publisher=Manchester United F. C.|date=13 August 2021|accessdate=13 August 2021}}</ref>
==Cricket career== In 2002, Binnion played a single List A match for the Nottinghamshire Cricket Board against Cumberland in the 1st round of the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy,<ref name="cricket app">{{Cite web|title=List A Matches played by Travis Binnion|publisher=Cricket Archive|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45362/List_A_Matches.html|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref> during which he scored 20 runs and took a single catch.<ref name="cricket score">{{Cite web|title=ListA Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Travis Binnion|publisher=Cricket Archive|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/45/45362/a_Batting_by_Team.html|accessdate=4 July 2011}}</ref>
== Honours == '''Manchester United U18''' * FA Youth Cup: 2021–22<ref name="youthcup">{{cite news |date=11 May 2022 |title=Man Utd 3-1 Nottingham Forest: Home side clinch FA Youth Cup in front of record crowd at Old Trafford |work=Sky Sports |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11667/12610986/man-utd-3-1-nottingham-forest-home-side-clinch-fa-youth-cup-in-front-of-record-crowd-at-old-trafford |access-date=3 February 2023}}</ref>
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