[1] Shortly after being released, Edwards was approached by Neil Bath to join Chelsea's staff in 2004 at the age of 17 and started working on his coaching badges.
He initially trained the U8s, and from 2004 to 2014 coached various different youth levels for the club, which also included assisting the likes of Brendan Rodgers and Paul Clement.
[2] In 2014 he was appointed the manager of the Chelsea U18s and helped them win two consecutive FA Youth Cups - having also won two as U18 assistant - and back-to-back U18 Premier League South titles.
[8] For the 2019–20 season, Edwards was appointed as assistant manager for the first time under Frank Lampard,[9] where, despite a transfer ban, the team achieved a fourth place finish comprising a group of young, homegrown players including the likes of Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham, Fikayo Tomori and Reece James, all of who Edwards had worked closely with in the Chelsea youth ranks.
[16] They were unable to sustain that level of results, however, and after a run of seven games without a win Edwards was sacked by Millwall on 21 February 2024, following a 2-0 home defeat by Sheffield Wednesday.