Brian Bloomfield

Brian Bloomfield was the coach of Ulster Rugby]] from 1993 to 1996, and represented Ulster on the IRFU coaching committee. He was awarded the MBE for services to rugby in Northern Ireland in 2008.

He was educated at Limavady Grammar School, Queen's University of Belfast, and the University of Aberystwyth, and became a teacher. He taught geography and coached rugby at Methodist College Belfast from 1968 to 1988, winning the Medallion Shield four times. In 1988 he became vice principal of Wallace High School in Lusburn, taking the team to the Ulster Schools Cup Final in 1993 and 2003. He retired from teaching in 2008.

He was elected to Lisburn City Council for the Ulster Unionist Party in 2011, and to its successor, Lisburn & Castlereagh Council, in 2014. He was Mayor of Lisburn & Castlereagh in 2016-17.