Steve McNamara
Personal information
Nickname	Macca
Born	September 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) (age 38)
	Hull, England
Playing information
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1989–1996	Hull F.C.	?	?	?	?	?
1996–2000	Bradford Bulls	110	14	349	7	761
2000	Wakefield	17	2	32	0	72
2001–2003	Huddersfield Giants	50	3	133	1	279
	Total
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1992–1999	Great Britain	4	0	0	0	0
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2004–2006	Bradford Bulls Academy
2006–Present	Bradford Bulls	104
	Total	104	0	0	0	0
Representative
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
2007	Great Britain (assistant)	4
2008–Present	England (assistant)	2

Steve McNamara is the coach of Bradford Bulls rugby league team who play in Super League, and is also the Great Britain assistant coach.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 Statistics 3.1 Club career 3.2 Representative career 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

A former Great Britain international, Steve joined Hull from local amateur side Skirlaugh at the age of 17 and spent seven years with the Airlie Birds, before moving to Bradford in 1996, where he was the main goal kicker and kicked over 319 goals. McNamara was released from the Bulls in 2000 and joined Wakefield and Huddersfield before joining the coaching staff at Odsal at the end of the 2003 season. Since joining the coaching staff at Bradford, he has been named as Bradford Bulls Coach following the departure of Brian Noble. Bradford Bulls fans are becoming increasingly frustrated with his teams lacklustre performances since taking over the reigns in 2006 and a rapidly growing number are now demanding a change of head coach.

[edit] Coaching career

He Coached the Bulls Senior Academy to Grand Final success in his first year as a Coach at the club.

On the 20th of April 2006 Steve was promoted to Head coach of the Bradford Bulls^[1] following Brian Noble's departure to the Wigan Warriors. At the time he was the youngest coach in Britain.

In his first season in charge, he guided the Bulls to the Super League playoffs before the club were knocked out of the grand final eliminator by Hull FC

McNamara was appointed Great Britain assistant coach on 30 April 2007.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Club career

Year	Club	Apps	Pts	T	G	FG
1990	Hull FC
1991	Hull FC
1992	Hull FC
1993	Hull FC
1994	Hull FC
1995	Hull FC
1996	Bradford Bulls
1997	Bradford Bulls
1998	Bradford Bulls	24	161	1	77	3
1999	Bradford Bulls	28	213	5	96	1
2000	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	17	72	2	32	-
2001	Huddersfield Giants	27	134	1	65	-
2003	Huddersfield Giants	23	145	68	1

[edit] Representative career

Year	Team	Matches	Tries	Goals	Field Goals	Points
1997	Great Britain	3	0	0	0
1998		0	0	0	0
1999		0	0	0	0

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• International Statistics at englandrl.co.uk
• Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• England battle to French wins
• 2001 Super League Team-by-team guide

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