Read our Privacy noticeAndrew Flintoff has stepped down as head coach of the England Lions as the coaching upheaval at the ECB continues. “I can’t wait to get started with the Thunder later in the year and see where coaching takes me.” Flintoff’s departure comes just a week after Key had praised his coaching talent highly, and suggested he could well be a contender to be England coach in the future. "It [the Test vacancy] just came too soon, but he should be someone that goes on to become an outstanding head coach,” Key said of his former teammate. Flintoff, known as “Freddie”, has forged a successful career as a television host and personality since his retirement from playing.