Stephen Hart (soccer)

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Stephen Hart
Personal information
Full nameStephen Simon Hart
Date of birth (1960-03-15) 15 March 1960
Place of birthSan Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies Federation
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
Hurricane FC
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
Texaco
San Fernando Strikers
Saint Mary's Huskies
Halifax King of Donair
National team
1980Trinidad and Tobago7(0)
Teams managed
1988-1989Halifax King of Donair (player-coach)
1993-2001Halifax King of Donair
1997-1999Saint Mary's Huskies women
2000Soccer Nova Scotia (technical director)
~2004Canada U-17
2005-2007Canada (assistant manager)
2006Canada U-17
2007Canada (Interim)
2008Canada (technical director)
2008-2009Canada U-20
2009-2012Canada
2013-Trinidad and Tobago
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stephen Hart (born 15 March 1960) is a former Trinidadian football player and 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 Canada'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 June 18 2013 he was confirmed by the TTFA as the new football coach of the Trinidad and Tobago nation 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
GWDLWin %
 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 9 4 3 2 44.44
Total 54 24 13 17 44.44

Canada record

References

  1. ↑ "Stephen Hart: Born & bred Trini". Socawarriors.net. 16 August 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
  2. ↑ Stephen Hart Announced as Interim Head Coach
  3. ↑ CSCA - Stephen Hart Coach Profile
  4. ↑ "Stephen Hart gives us his views on the Under 20 qualifiers". Socawarriors.net. Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
  5. ↑ "Coaching the Coaches - Home". Coachingthecoaches.ca. Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
  6. ↑ "Hart wieder nach Kanada" (in (German)). Goal.com. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
  7. ↑ 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
  8. ↑ Stephen Hart named Canada's new men's head coach
  9. ↑ Canada (4 September 2010). "Stephen Hart resigns as Canada’s men’s soccer coach". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 18 October 2012. 
  10. ↑ http://www.ttffonline.com/home/latest-news/mens-senior-team/665-confirmed-beenhakker-back-on-boardhart-appointed-senior-team-head-coach.html.
  11. ↑ 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/
  12. ↑ Heart-to-Hart: Stephen Hart discusses the Gold Cup, that Honduran hammering, T&T’s shortage of dribblers and his plans for the Warriors
Trinidad and Tobago
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