Owen Coyle
Houston Dynamo in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Owen Columba Coyle[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 July 1966 | ||
Place of birth | Paisley, Scotland[1][nb 1] | ||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Chennaiyin (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Renfrew YM[5] | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1985–1988 | Dumbarton | 103 | (36) |
1988–1990 | Clydebank | 63 | (33) |
1990–1993 | Airdrieonians | 123 | (50) |
1993–1995 | Bolton Wanderers | 54 | (12) |
1995–1997 | Dundee United | 38 | (5) |
1997–1999 | Motherwell | 79 | (25) |
1999–2001 | Dunfermline Athletic | 47 | (10) |
2000–2001 | → Ross County (loan) | 5 | (2) |
2001–2002 | Airdrieonians | 45 | (29) |
2002–2003 | Falkirk | 36 | (20) |
2003–2004 | Dundee United | 3 | (0) |
2003–2004 |
→ Airdrie United (loan) | 23 | (13) |
2004–2005 |
Airdrie United | 34 | (14) |
2005–2007 | St Johnstone | 16 | (0) |
Total | 669 | (249) | |
International career | |||
Republic of Ireland U21 | |||
1990–1994 | Republic of Ireland B | ||
1994 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2003 | Falkirk | ||
2005–2007 | St Johnstone | ||
2007–2010 | Burnley | ||
2010–2012 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
2013 | Wigan Athletic | ||
2014–2016 |
Houston Dynamo | ||
2016–2017 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
2017–2018 | Ross County | ||
2019–2020 | Chennaiyin | ||
2020–2022 | Jamshedpur | ||
2022–2023 | Queen's Park | ||
2023– | Chennaiyin | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Owen Columba Coyle (born 14 July 1966) is a professional football manager and former player who is currently the head coach of Indian Super League club Chennaiyin. He played as a striker for several clubs in England and Scotland, and made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland national team.
Coyle began his career at Dumbarton, and also played for Clydebank and Airdrieonians before joining English club Bolton Wanderers in 1993. He appeared for Bolton in the Premier League before a return to Scotland with Dundee United. He went on to play for several other Scottish clubs, including Motherwell, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk and St Johnstone. Qualifying by descent, he played for the Republic of Ireland under-21s[6] and B team before he made one full international appearance in 1994.
Upon retiring from playing, Coyle managed Falkirk and St Johnstone, before joining then
On 3 December 2019, Coyle was appointed as head coach of Indian club
Playing career
Club
Early career in Scotland
Coyle began his senior career with Dumbarton in 1985 where he played alongside his brothers Joe and Tommy. In 1988, he joined Clydebank.
Airdrieonians
In March 1990 a £175,000 transfer took him to
Bolton Wanderers
In the summer of 1993,
Dundee United
However, in October 1995, a £400,000 transfer fee took him to Dundee United, where he was once again part of a promotion-winning side, scoring the winning goal in extra time in the second leg of the playoff against Partick Thistle.[10][11]
Motherwell and after
Coyle's next move was to
Coyle then joined
Post-retirement
He played in an emergency for Burnley Reserves on 9 April 2009, scoring with a lob in a 2–0 win against
On 15 November 2010, Coyle returned to playing action at the age of 44 when turning out for Bolton in their friendly match with Northern Ireland side Cliftonville. It was the first time in fifteen years that he had started a game for Bolton and he chipped in with a goal in a 2–0 Wanderers win.[20]
International
Although born in Scotland, Coyle represented the Republic of Ireland under-21 team. Regarding his choice to represent Ireland, Coyle stated "My ambition was to play at the highest level possible and, if I'm being totally honest, I didn't and still don't think I would have been good enough to play for Scotland. But the Irish watched me play six or seven times for Dumbarton and my first game for them was actually against Scotland."[2][3][4] Coyle's debut was in February 1987; he opened the scoring within two minutes, with Scotland going on to win 4–1.[21]
Coyle made two substitute appearances (replacing David Kelly each time) for Republic of Ireland B against England B: at Turners Cross in Cork on 27 March 1990, and at Anfield on 13 December 1994.[22]
Coyle went on to earn one full international
Managerial career
St Johnstone
In April 2005, Coyle was named as the new manager of
In the same season, Saints also competed for the First Division championship and promotion to the SPL. On 30 March 2007, Coyle was awarded his second Scottish First Division Manager of the Month award of the 2006–07 season.[28] Saints took the title fight with Gretna to the final day of the season, and only a last minute goal by James Grady that gave Gretna victory at Ross County denied Saints promotion.
Coyle signed a one-year extension to his contract with St Johnstone in July 2007, which would have kept him at the club until the end of the 2009–10 season.
Burnley
On 21 November 2007, Burnley were granted permission to discuss their managerial vacancy with Coyle after a compensation fee was agreed with St Johnstone.[32] He was appointed as Burnley's new manager the following day.[33] Coyle was given a reference by then Scotland manager Alex McLeish to support his Burnley application, and was also recommended by Bolton chairman Phil Gartside after they appointed Gary Megson as their new manager, as Coyle was Gartside's second choice for the Bolton job after Megson.[34]
In September 2008, former
He won the September 2008
Burnley, under Coyle, won promotion to the Premier League by beating Sheffield United 1–0 in the Championship Play-off Final at Wembley Stadium on 25 May 2009.[36] The 2009–10 season was the first time Burnley had played in top tier of English football for 33 years. Coyle added to his squad by signing
After speculation linking Coyle with the vacant manager's position at Celtic, on 18 June 2009, Coyle signed a contract extension at Turf Moor to stay with Burnley until the end of the 2012–13 season.[37]
On 19 August 2009, Burnley defeated the defending Premier League champions
Bolton Wanderers
In January 2010,
On 1 July, he signed
On 13 May 2012, Bolton were relegated to
Bolton started the
Wigan Athletic
On 14 June 2013, Coyle was announced as the manager of
Coyle left Wigan on 2 December 2013, with Wigan losing for the third time in a week, and lying 14th in the table.[47]
Houston Dynamo
On 8 December 2014, Coyle signed a three-year contract to become the head coach of
On 25 May 2016, Coyle and the club announced his departure by mutual consent, with Coyle stating his desire to be closer to his family who remained residing in the United Kingdom, while the Dynamo were not satisfied with the results on the pitch.[50]
Blackburn Rovers
Coyle was appointed manager of Championship club Blackburn Rovers on a two-year contract on 2 June 2016.[51] After thirty-seven games in charge, Coyle mutually parted company with Blackburn on 21 February 2017.[52]
Ross County
On 28 September 2017, Scottish Premiership club Ross County appointed Coyle as their manager on a two-year contract.[53] He resigned from this position on 1 March 2018, with the club sitting bottom of the league.[54]
Chennaiyin
On 3 December 2019, Indian Super League club 2 times champions Chennaiyin appointed him as their head coach.[55] After his arrival at Chennaiyin FC came back to their winning track, he changed their style of play. Chennaiyin FC scored majority goals in the season after his arrival as manager. Chennaiyin FC qualified to playoffs and reached the final under him and in final they lost to ATK 3–1 and became runners up of ISL.[56]
Jamshedpur
On 7 August 2020, Coyle was appointed the head coach of
Queen's Park
In March 2022, it was confirmed that Coyle would be returning to Scottish football after being appointed as the head coach of Queen's Park and would take up the role officially on 1 June.[58][59] Queen's narrowly missed out on promotion to the Scottish Premiership in the 2022–23 season, losing a final-day title decider to Dundee and then in the playoffs to Partick Thistle. Coyle left the club a few days after the playoff defeat, saying he needed time to "recharge his batteries".[60][61]
Outside football
Coyle was raised in the 'Little Donegal' area of the Gorbals, Glasgow,[62] to parents from Ireland and is a frequent visitor to Gweedore, County Donegal.[63] He made an appearance in the Scottish football film A Shot at Glory, in 2000, alongside The Godfather star Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton and Ally McCoist.[64]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 20 April 2024
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Falkirk | 31 January 2003 | 20 May 2003 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 63.16 |
St Johnstone | 15 April 2005 | 22 November 2007 | 70 | 36 | 19 | 15 | 51.43 |
Burnley | 22 November 2007 | 5 January 2010 | 116 | 49 | 29 | 38 | 42.24 |
Bolton Wanderers | 8 January 2010 | 9 October 2012 | 126 | 42 | 24 | 60 | 33.33 |
Wigan Athletic | 14 June 2013 | 2 December 2013 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 30.43 |
Houston Dynamo
|
8 December 2014 | 25 May 2016 | 49 | 16 | 11 | 22 | 32.65 |
Blackburn Rovers | 2 June 2016 | 21 February 2017 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 18 | 29.73 |
Ross County | 28 September 2017 | 1 March 2018 | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 18.18 |
Chennaiyin | 3 December 2019 | 14 March 2020 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 53.33 |
Jamshedpur | 7 August 2020 | 22 March 2022 | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 47.62 |
Queen's Park | 1 June 2022 | 15 May 2023 | 46 | 23 | 8 | 15 | 50.00 |
Chennaiyin | 16 July 2023 | Present | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 40.00 |
Total | 595 | 240 | 131 | 224 | 40.34 |
Honours
Player
Bolton Wanderers
- Football League First Division play-offs: 1995
Airdrieonians
Falkirk
Airdrie United
Individual
- Inducted into Airdrieonians Hall of Fame: 2002[65]
Manager
Falkirk
- Scottish Football League First Division: 2002–03
Burnley
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2009
Chennaiyin
- 2019–20[66]
Jamshedpur
- 2021–22[67]
Individual
See also
- List of footballers in Scotland by number of league appearances (500+)
- List of footballers in Scotland by number of league goals (200+)
- List of Republic of Ireland international footballers born outside the Republic of Ireland
Notes
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External links
- Owen Coyle at Soccerbase
- Owen Coyle at IMDb