Richard Glanfield

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Richard Glanfield (born June 11, 1964 in Ely, Cambridgeshire) is a squash coach and former professional squash player from Shropshire, England.

Since turning professional in 1983, Glanfield has gained most of his coaching experience working outside his native England. He became the world's youngest international squash coach aged 21 years old when coaching Cyprus at the European Championships 1986 Aix-en-Provence, France. Since then Glanfield has coached in Holland, Spain, Portugal, France, and most recently Malaysia, where he has spent 11 years as national elite coach. Glanfield is most well known for developing the talents of current world number one squash player, Nicol David from the age of 11 years old, from 1995 to 2002.