Carl Craig (football manager)

Carl Craig is an English football manager who is the head coach and technical director of USL League One club Forward Madison FC.[2] He was formerly the head coach of NASL club Minnesota United.[3]

Carl Craig
Personal information
Date of birth October 1965 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth Newcastle, England
Club information
Current team
 Forward Madison (head coach)
Youth career
Team
Newcastle United
Teams managed
Years Team
2010–2015 Minnesota United (assistant)
2015–2016 Minnesota United
2020– Forward Madison

Early life

Craig spent some time on the books of Newcastle United as a young footballer but fell away from the game in his mid teens.[4][5] During the 1980s he was a member of punk bands called Reality Control and The Abductor, and toured with Chumbawamba.[6] Craig then ran a whole foods co-operative with bandmates out of a flat in Newcastle. Craig was also a vegan in this period and his first experience of football coaching was for the team of a workers co-op music club.[7] Craig tattooed himself when he was 11 years old.[8]

Coaching career

Prior to moving to the United States, Craig had acquired his full English FA badge and spent some time working for the FA in the English north-east, as well as for the Newcastle United academy system along with Sheffield Wednesday. After moving to the United States in 1994, Craig progressed through the managerial ranks in the Minnesota area working in youth leagues then the Premier Development League and National Premier Soccer League before becoming assistant manager of Minnesota United in 2010.[9]

Craig was promoted to head coach of Minnesota United in December 2015.[10][11] Under Craig's guidance in the 2016 season, Minnesota finished 5th in NASL missing out on the play offs.[12]

On December 1, 2020, Craig was announced as the head coach and technical director of USL League One club Forward Madison FC.[13]

Managerial record
As of Match played 29 October 2016
Team From To Record
PWDLGSGCWin %
Minnesota United 3 December 2015 30 October 2016 34 12 8 14 44 39 035.29
Forward Madison 1 December 2020 Present 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—

References
  1. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/02/21/carl-craig-the-most-interesting-man-in-minnesota-sports/
  2. https://www.forwardmadisonfc.com/news_article/show/1135227
  3. http://www.twincities.com/2015/12/01/minnesota-united-fc-makes-carl-craig-head-coach-manny-lagos-gm/
  4. http://www.twincities.com/2016/04/01/carl-craig-former-vegan-punk-rocker-is-united-fcs-thoughtful-coach/
  5. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/03/04/minnesota-united-fc-head-coach-carl-craig-ready-for-moment-in-sp/
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/29/carl-craig-head-coach-minnesota-united-mls?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
  7. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/03/04/minnesota-united-fc-head-coach-carl-craig-ready-for-moment-in-sp/
  8. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2016/02/21/carl-craig-the-most-interesting-man-in-minnesota-sports/
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. http://www.nasl.com/news/2016/03/10/minnesotas-carl-craig-has-had-smooth-transition-to-head-coach
  11. http://www.twincities.com/2016/04/01/carl-craig-former-vegan-punk-rocker-is-united-fcs-thoughtful-coach/
  12. http://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2016/11/02/minnesota-united-coach-carl-craig-hoping-stay-when-team-joins-mls
  13. https://www.forwardmadisonfc.com/news_article/show/1135227
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