Vern Cotter
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| Full name | Anthony Vernon Cotter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 27 January 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | New Zealand | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Current status | |||
| Position(s) | Head Coach | ||
| current team | ASM Clermont Auvergne | ||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Number 8 | ||
| Provincial/State sides | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1980–1990 1990-1994 1994-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998-1999 |
Manukau Rumilly FC Lourdes Saint-Junien FC Lourdes U.S. Castelnau-Madiran |
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| Coaching career | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| 2014- 2006-2014 2004-2006 2000-2004 |
Scotland ASM Clermont Auvergne Crusaders Bay of Plenty | ||
| correct as of 19 May 2013. | |||
Anthony Vernon 'Vern' Cotter, (born 27 January 1962) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player, who currently coaches French club ASM Clermont Auvergne.[1] He will become coach of Scotland in 2014.
Career
Vern Cotter spent 10 years playing for Counties Manukau in New Zealand before representing a number of clubs in France. In 1999, he returned to New Zealand and took on the role of head coach of Bay of Plenty in the National Provincial Championship. During his first year in charge, he led the side to the Second Division championship of the North Island, but did not progress in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
During the 2004 Super 12 season, Cotter was made forwards coach of the Crusaders, when the side finished runners-up to the ACT Brumbies. He continued in his post as forwards coach through the 2005 season when the Crusaders won the competition, and the side retained their title in the 2006 season.
Clermont
Top 14
In 2006, Cotter was made Head Coach of ASM Clermont Auvergne for the 2006-07 Top 14 season when Clermont finished runners-up behind Stade Français. The following year, Cotter coached the side to 20 out of 26 victories in the pool stages, finishing first in the table before the knock-out stage. However, Clermont finished second overall, losing to Toulouse in the Grand Final. For the third successive year under Cotter, Clermont finished second in the 2008-09 Top 14 season, but did win their first title in 2009-10 after beating Perpignan in the final. In the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons Clermont were knocked out in the semi-finals.
Europe
During his first year as head coach of Clermont, Cotter was able to lead the side into the Heineken Cup, after winning all their matches in the 2006–07 European Challenge Cup. Clermont were unable to advance out of the group stages between 2007 and 2009. During the 2009–10 Heineken Cup, Clermont entered the knock-out stages of the Heineken Cup for the first time, but lost to Leinster in the quarter-finals. In the 2012-13 season, Cotter led the side to the Heineken Cup Final at the Aviva Stadium, but lost 16-15 to Toulon.
Scotland
Cotter will depart Clermont in 2014, to take on the role of head coach of Scotland as Clermont and the SRU failed to agree to release Cotter from his contract a year early.[2]
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References
- ↑ Guide de l'amateur de rugby 2011 - Page 59 Collectif, Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette - 2011 " Dans le groupe de la mort, les joueurs de Vern Cotter s'inclinent d'un petit point sur la pelouse du Leinster (29-28), en quart de finale. Souvenirs, souvenirs... Onzième finale pour les Clermontois et déjà l'épée de la malédiction des Jaunards ..."
- ↑ Cotter confirmed as new Scotland coach