Gary van Egmond

Gary van Egmond
Van Egmond coaching the Newcastle Jets at training in 2008
Personal information
Full name Gary Rudy Peter van Egmond
Date of birth (1965-06-29) 29 June 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth Sydney, Australia
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 China women U17 (head coach)
Youth career
Manly-Warringah Dolphins
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 APIA Leichhardt 7 (0)
1987–1989 Footscray JUST 61 (1)
1989–1990 Marconi Stallions 25 (1)
1990–1991 Roda JC 10 (0)
1991–1997 Marconi Stallions 109 (8)
1996–1997 Wollongong City Wolves 21 (0)
1997–1998 Bonnyrigg White Eagles 17 (0)
1998 Blacktown City 8 (0)
2001 Manly-Warringah Dolphins
International career
1988–1989 Australia 15 (0)
Managerial career
1999–2001 Manly-Warringah Dolphins
2005–2006 Newcastle Jets (assistant)
2006–2009 Newcastle Jets
2011–2014 Newcastle Jets
2015–2019 Australia Women (assistant)
2019–2021 Australia U20
2021–2022 Australia U23 (assistant)
2022 Western Sydney Wanderers (assistant, technical director)
2022 Newcastle Jets (assistant)
2022–2023 Newcastle Jets Women (technical director)
2023–2024 Newcastle Jets Women
2024– China women U17
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Rudy Peter van Egmond (born 29 June 1965) is an Australian former soccer player and former head coach of Newcastle Jets in the A-League Men and Women.

Playing career

Van Egmond began his playing career with APIA Leichhardt in 1982. It was not until he joined Footscray JUST in 1987 that he established himself as a prominent player in the National Soccer League (NSL) before moving overseas to play for Roda JC where he only managed to get 10 games.

He made his Australia national soccer team debut in the 1988 Seoul Olympics under Frank Arok and went on to have success with Marconi Stallions in the 1990s – where he won an NSL championship and played in three finals.

Managerial career

Van Egmond began his coaching career with success as youth coach of Northern Spirit FC before he won the state-league grand final on his return to Manly-Warringah as head coach in 1999. He then joined Newcastle Breakers as the Assistant Coach in 2001. After Round 7 of season 2006–07, the Jets were last and winless, so existing coach Nick Theodorakopoulos was replaced by van Egmond.

Van Egmond turned the Jets season around, making him very popular within the Newcastle community. With a 0–3–4 record for the first 7 games, van Egmond helped the Jets to an 8–3–3 record for the final 14, securing the Jets a place in the A-League finals and cementing his job at the club for the 2007–08 season.

In the 2007–08 season van Egmond guided the Newcastle Jets to second place on the league table and then to the A-League Championship. Van Egmond was signed to coach the Newcastle Jets until the end of the 2012–13 season. However at the end of the 2008–09 season he left the club and accepted a position at the Australian Institute of Sport.

The Football Federation Australia (FFA) charged van Egmond with bringing the game into disrepute for a furious on-field outburst with Perth Glory player, Adrian Trinidad, in round 11. He was banned from the touch-line for four games and fined $2000, but the FFA suspended half the ban and the fine until the end of the season.[1][2] On 20 October 2011, he signed a two-year contract with former club Newcastle Jets who play in the A-League.[3]

On 5 September 2012 it was announced he had signed a one-year contract extension keeping him at the club until 2013–14 season.[4] On 20 January 2014 his contract to manage Newcastle Jets was terminated by mutual consent[5]

From 2015 to 2021 he spent time as a coach, or assistant coach in the Australian national team setup, being involved with the Matilda's, the Australian women's national team, and with the Men's youth teams. In December 2021 he joined the Western Sydney Wanderers as an assistant coach, taking over the role that Kenny Miller had vacated earlier in the season.[6]

Personal life

Van Egmond is married to Annette, and has three children: Laura, Max and Emily.[3] Van Egmond is of Dutch heritage.[citation needed]

Honours

Player

With Marconi Stallions:

With Bonnyrigg White Eagles:

Manager

With Newcastle Jets:

Personal honours:

References

  1. ^ "Glory hold fire on Gazza row". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media. Sportal Australia. 10 October 2008. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Dutchy cops two match ban". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media. 12 November 2008. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. ^ a b Dillon, Robert; Gardiner, James (19 October 2011). "It's official: Gary van Egmond will coach the Jets". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Gary van Egmond extends Newcastle stay". Australian FourFourTwo. Haymarket Media. Sportal Australia. 5 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 October 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Van Egmond leaves Newcastle Jets". The World Game. SBS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Van Egmond joins coaching staff – Western Sydney Wanderers". 27 December 2021.
Awards
Preceded by A-League Coach of the Year
2007–08 		Succeeded by