John Coughlin (footballer)

John Coughlin

John Coughlin at Berwick Rangers
Personal information
Full name	John Coughlin
Date of birth	11 April 1963 (1963-04-11) (age 48)
Place of birth	New York City, United States
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	East Stirlingshire (Head Coach)
Youth career
	Newtongrange Star
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1991–1993	Meadowbank Thistle	68	(3)
1993–1996	Berwick Rangers	14	(1)
1997–1998	Alloa Athletic	0	(0)
Total		82	(4)
Teams managed
2002–2003	St. Mirren
2005–2007	Berwick Rangers
2007–2010	Stenhousemuir
2011–	East Stirlingshire
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

John Coughlin (born 11 April 1963 in New York City) is a football manager and former football player, currently the head coach of East Stirlingshire. He was most recently manager of Stenhousemuir until resigning in December 2010. He was formerly a player with Meadowbank Thistle and Berwick Rangers until injury forced him out of the game. He is a SJFA capped player from his time at Newtongrange Star.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 References 4 External links

Playing career

Coughlin started out his playing career in junior football where he is a SJFA capped player from his time at Newtongrange Star.

He signed for the club Meadowbank Thistle in 1991 where he played until 1993, before moving to Berwick Rangers until injury forced him out of the game. Coughlin was assistant manager to Tom Hendrie at Berwick Rangers, helping the club win promotion in 1994. He left Berwick Rangers in 1996 and joined Alloa Athletic along with Hendrie where they also lead Alloa to promotion in 1998.

Managerial career

In 1998 Coughlin joined St Mirren and helped lead them to the championship in 2000. He was appointed St. Mirren manager in December 2002 but results faltered and he stood down the following November.

Coughlin became Berwick Rangers manager in May 2005. He won the Manager of the Month prize for August 2005 and September 2005. Another great run, which set a new club record of eight league wins in a row. The months of December 2006 and January 2007 saw John awarded the Manager of the Month award again, and moved Berwick to the top of the Scottish Third Division. Berwick won the 2006–07 Scottish Third Division championship, their first title since 1979. It was Coughlin's third league title but the first in his own right. However, following a poor start to the 2007-08 season, Coughlin resigned as manager.^[1]

In 2007, Coughlin then became manager of Stenhousemuir. He guided the club to promotion into the Second Division via the Third Division play-offs, beating Queen's Park in the 2-legged semi-final and then Cowdenbeath in the 2-legged final in May 2009.^[2] Coughlin resigned in December 2010 after a 6–0 defeat against East Fife.^[3]

East Stirlingshire appointed Coughlin new Head Coach on 30 May 2011.^[4]

References

External links

• http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player4/johncoughlin.htm

East Stirlingshire F.C. – current squad GK Antell GK Gordon GK Hay DF Beveridge DF Cane DF Chisholm DF Dingwall DF Frances DF Jackson MF Hunter MF Love MF Scott MF Stirling MF Wilkie FW Coyne FW Lurinsky FW Savage FW Sheerin FW Team FW Turner Manager: Coughlin

St. Mirren F.C. – managers McCartney (1904–10) Grieve (1910) Law (1910–16) Cochran (1916–28) Turner (1928–29) Graham (1929) Morrison (1929–36) Blythe (1936–41) Menzies (1941–42) Fotheringham (1942–45) Rankin (1945–54) Reid (1954–61) Flavell (1961–62) Cox (1962–65) Millward (1965–66) Wright (1966–70) Humphries (1970–72) Bryceland (1972–73) Cunningham (1973–74) Ferguson (1974–78) Clunie (1978–80) McFarlane (1980–83) Miller (1983–86) Smith (1986–88) Fitzpatrick (1988–91) Hay (1991–92) Bone (1992–96) Munro (1996) Fitzpatrick (1996–98) Hendrie (1998–2002) Coughlin (2002–03) MacPherson (2003–10) Lennon (2010–)

Berwick Rangers F.C. – managers Ancell (1950–52) Thompson (1952–53) Kerr (1953–54) McLennan (1957–60) McIntosh (1960–63) Spence (1963–66) Wallace (1966–69) Melrose (1969–75) Galbraith (1975) Haig (1975–76) Smith (1976–80) Connor (1980–82) McSherry (1982–83) Tait (1983–87) Thomson (1987–88) Jefferies (1988–90) Callachan (1990–92) Crease (1992–94) Hendrie (1994–96) Ross (1996) Thomson (1996–97) Smith (1997–04) Clark (2004–05) Coughlin (2005–07) Renwick (2007–08) McGonigal (2008) Crease (2008–11) Little (2011–)

Stenhousemuir F.C. – managers A. Smith (1969–74) Glasgow (1974–81) Black (1981–84) Rose (1984–86) Henderson (1987) Rennie (1987–89) Meakin (1989–91) Lawson (1991–92) Christie (1992–99) Armstrong (1999–2000) Fairley (2000–01) Bone (2001–02) McVeigh (2002–04) McKeown & T. Smith (2004–05) McKeown (2005–06) Money (2006–07) Coughlin (2007–10) Irons (2010–present)

East Stirlingshire F.C. – managers Binnie (1966) Crawford (1966–70) Rowan (1970–71) Shaw (1971–74) A. Ferguson (1974) Ure (1974–75) McLindon (1975–77) Lamont (1977–81) M. Ferguson (1981–82) Little (1983–85) Whiteford (1985–87) Lawson (1987–88) Connell (1988–89) Mackin (1989–90) Sullivan (1990–92) McCulley (1992–93) Little (1993–97) Brownlie (1997–98) McCann (1998–99) Fairley (2000–01) Ross (2001) Russell (2002) Diver (2002–03) Morrison (2003–04) Newall (2004–06) Wylde (2006–08) McInally (2008–11) Coughlin (2011–)

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Name	Coughlin, John
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Date of birth	1963-04-11
Place of birth	New York City, United States
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