Craig Deans

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Craig Deans
Personal information
Full name Craig Deans
Date of birth (1974-05-07) 7 May 1974 (age 49)
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 Western Knights
1998–1999 Perth Glory 19 (1)
1999–2000 Carlton SC 36 (0)
2000–2004 Perth Glory 59 (3)
2003–2004 Newcastle United 18 (1)
2005–2007 Newcastle Jets 2 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2010 Newcastle Jets Youth
2010–2011 Newcastle Jets (assistant)
2011 Newcastle Jets (interim)
2011–2014 Newcastle Jets (assistant)
2014–2015 Newcastle Jets Youth
2015–2020 Newcastle Jets FC W-League
2020 Newcastle Jets (interim)
2020–2021 Newcastle Jets (interim)
2021 Newcastle Jets
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Craig Deans (born 7 May 1974) is an Australian former soccer player and former head coach of the Newcastle Jets.

Playing career[edit]

Deans was a central defender for multiple Australian clubs, with most of his appearances coming in the National Soccer League. He made only two appearances in the A-League before a long period of injury Deans forced him into retirement as a professional player in 2007. He had success with the Perth Glory, winning two titles at the club.

Coaching career[edit]

In 2008, Deans became the inaugural youth team coach for the Newcastle Jets for their team in the new A-League National Youth League.[1]

On 5 October 2011, he was appointed interim manager of the Newcastle Jets after the sacking of Branko Culina.[2] He returned to his previous job when a full time manager was appointed.

In 2014 he took over the club's youth team, and then in 2015 he became the head coach of the Women's team.

In the 2015/16 W-League season he won the Coach of the Year award for rebuilding a Newcastle Jets team that had senior players Emily van Egmond, Hayley Crawford, Tori Huster, Angela Salem, Katherine Reynolds and Amber Neilson all exit the club in the off-season.

After the sacking of Ernie Merrick in Round 13 of the 2019/20 A-League season he once again took the role of interim manager. He had the role for 5 games, with 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats and did not apply for the role on a full-time basis. After Carl Robinson was appointed Deans went back to his usual role as an assistant coach.

Newcastle Jets Head Coaching Appointment[edit]

When Robinson joined the Western Sydney Wanderers after they had sacked Jean-Paul de Marigny prior to the start of the Covid delayed 2020/21 season, Deans once again took the interim head coaching role with his first game a 1–0 loss to the Central Coast Mariners on New Year's Eve, December 31, 2020. Unlike earlier occasions Deans applied to take over the head coaching role permanently.[3] After 7 games his side had 2 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses then on Wednesday the 10th of February 2021 he was appointed on a two-year contract as the full time head coach.[4]

On 3 June 2021, Deans announced that he would be resigning as the manager of the Newcastle Jets at the conclusion of the season.[5][6]

Honours[edit]

With Perth Glory:

With Newcastle Jets:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ormond, Aidan (3 July 2008). "Newy Teens For A-League Fame". AU FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 6 December 2009. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
  2. ^ Deans confident ahead of Jets season opener
  3. ^ "CRAIG DEANS NOT DISTRACTED BY JETS COACHING DECISION | NBN News". 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Craig Deans appointed Newcastle Jets Head Coach". 10 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Craig Deans to step down as Jets Head Coach". Newcastle Jets. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Craig Deans to step down as Jets Head Coach". A-League. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

External links[edit]

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