Stephen Hart (footballer)
 Hart in June 2012 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Simon Hart | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1960 | ||
| Place of birth |
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Federation | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Trinidad and Tobago (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hurricane FC | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Texaco | |||
| San Fernando Strikers | |||
| Saint Mary's Huskies | |||
| Halifax King of Donair | |||
| International career | |||
| 1980 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1989 | Halifax King of Donair (player-coach) | ||
| 1993–2001 | Halifax King of Donair | ||
| 1997–1999 | Saint Mary's Huskies women | ||
| 2000 | Soccer Nova Scotia (technical director) | ||
| 2004 | Canada U-17 | ||
| 2005–2007 | Canada (assistant manager) | ||
| 2006 | Canada U-17 | ||
| 2007 | Canada (interim) | ||
| 2008 | Canada (technical director) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Canada U-20 | ||
| 2009–2012 | Canada | ||
| 2013– | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stephen Hart (born 15 March 1960) is a former Trinidadian footballer. As of 2015, he is the head coach of Trinidad and Tobago.
Career
Hart played in his native Trinidad and Tobago for Texaco in the Trinidad and Tobago Professional Football League before turning out for the San Fernando Strikers. He moved to Canada to attend Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia and starred for the school's soccer team, known as the Huskies, and local amateur side Halifax King of Donair.[1] In 1980, he was selected to the Trinidad and Tobago national team.[2]
Hart was technical director of Soccer Nova Scotia from 1993 to 2001[3] and coached Halifax King of Donair in 2000,[4] having previously acted as their player-coach in 1988 and 1989.[5] He has coached Canada at U-17 and U-20 levels and previously acted as assistant coach to the Canada men's senior team. In 2007, he stepped in as the senior team's interim coach and led Canada to a semi-final spot in the CONCACAF Gold Cup[6] but was replaced by Dale Mitchell ahead of World Cup 2010 qualifying.
On 18 April 2009, Hart was named as interim head coach of the Canadian men's national team for the second time following the release of Mitchell.[7] On 7 December 2009, he was named the full-time head coach of the senior men's national team for the first time,[8] a position he held until two days after an 8-1 defeat in Honduras as part of the 2014 World Cup qualification process.[9] From 2006 to 2012, he posted an international record of 20 wins, 10 draws and 15 losses for Canada.
On 18 June 2013 he was confirmed by the TTFA as the new football coach of the Trinidad and Tobago national football team.[10] [11] [12]
Personal life
Hart is a long-time Halifax resident where he lives with his wife Lynn who was born in Nova Scotia and three daughters, Eilish, Keva and Yara Hart.
Managerial statistics
- As of 20 November 2013
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
 Canada
|
6 September 2006 | 21 June 2007 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 50.00 | |
| Canada
|
30 May 2009 | 18 October 2012 | 35 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 42.86 | |
 Trinidad and Tobago
|
18 June 2013 | Present | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 47.37 | |
| Total | 64 | 29 | 16 | 19 | 45.31 | |||
Canada record
References
- ^ "Stephen Hart: Born & bred Trini". Socawarriors.net. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ Stephen Hart Announced as Interim Head Coach Archived 2006-10-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ CSCA - Stephen Hart Coach Profile Archived 2009-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Stephen Hart gives us his views on the Under 20 qualifiers". Socawarriors.net. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ "Coaching the Coaches - Home". Coachingthecoaches.ca. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ "Hart wieder nach Kanada" (in German). Goal.com. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ In 2009 Gold Cup Hart again stepped into the interim coaching position and led Canada to a quarter final placing.[ Association appoints Stephen Hart as interim head coach Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stephen Hart named Canada's new men's head coach Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Canada (4 September 2010). "Stephen Hart resigns as Canada's men's soccer coach". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ http://www.ttffonline.com/home/latest-news/mens-senior-team/665-confirmed-beenhakker-back-on-boardhart-appointed-senior-team-head-coach.html.
- ^ Heart-to-Hart: Wired868’s exclusive interview with Trinidad and Tobago football coach Stephen Hart and his journey to the "Soca Warriors" job http://www.wired868.com/2013/08/11/heart-to-hart-to-halifax-and-back-the-making-of-a-warrior-coach/
- ^ Heart-to-Hart: Stephen Hart discusses the Gold Cup, that Honduran hammering, T&T’s shortage of dribblers and his plans for the Warriors
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- Use dmy dates from October 2012
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Canada national soccer team managers
- Expatriate soccer managers in Canada
- Expatriate soccer players in Canada
- Soccer people from Nova Scotia
- Sportspeople from Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni
- Trinidad and Tobago expatriate footballers
- Trinidad and Tobago footballers
- Trinidad and Tobago emigrants to Canada
- TT Pro League players
- United Petrotrin players
- Trinidad and Tobago international footballers
- 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup managers