Gary Smith

Personal information
Full name	Gary Smith
Date of birth	12 March 1968 (1968-03-12) (age 41)
Place of birth	Harlow, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Colorado Rapids (head coach)
Youth career
	Fulham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1985–1986	Fulham	1	(0)
1987–1988	Colchester United	11	(0)
1989	Enfield
1990–1992	Wycombe Wanderers	66	(4)
1992–1993	Welling United
1993–1995	Barnet	13	(0)
1995	Aylesbury United
Teams managed
2003	Wimbledon (assistant)
2004	Wycombe Wanderers (assistant)
2005–2006	Watford (assistant)
2008	Colorado Rapids (assistant)
2008–	Colorado Rapids
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Gary Smith (born 12 March 1968 in Harlow) is an English former soccer player. He is currently the head coach of Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.

[edit] Playing career

A midfielder with a "hard man" reputation, Smith spent several years playing professionally in the English Football League with Fulham, Colchester United and Barnet, and several seasons playing non-League football for Enfield, Wycombe Wanderers and Welling United, before injuries forced him into a premature retirement in 1995 at the age of just 27.

[edit] Coaching career

Smith began his coaching career with Wimbledon, before moving to Wycombe Wanderers in 2004 to become assistant first team coach. Following the resignation of manager Tony Adams, Smith briefly filled the role of caretaker manager at Wycombe, and the club was unbeaten under his guidance. He was reserve team coach for Watford in 2005, and in 2007 worked as a scout for Arsenal.

Smith joined Colorado Rapids in February 2008, initially as an assistant coach, and assumed an interim head coach position during the latter half of 2008 following the resignation of his predecessor, Fernando Clavijo. He was formally given the head coach position on 11 November 2008.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of current MLS coaches

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• MLS biography