Craig Deans

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

Craig Deans
Personal information
Full name Craig Deans
Date of birth (1974-05-07) 7 May 1974
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Manager (former Centre Back)
Club information
Current team
 Newcastle Jets (head coach)
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)
Teams managed
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing Career

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

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 Head Coaching Appointment

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 31st 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]

Honours

With Perth Glory:

With Newcastle Jets:

References
  1. Ormond, Aidan (3 July 2008). "Newy Teens For A-League Fame". AU FourFourTwo. Retrieved 3 July 2008.
  2. Deans confident ahead of Jets season opener
  3. https://www.nbnnews.com.au/2021/02/06/craig-deans-not-distracted-by-jets-coaching-decision/
  4. https://www.newcastlejetsfc.com.au/news/craig-deans-appointed-newcastle-jets-head-coach


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