THE GREAT COACHES

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Vern Gambetta

Vern Gambetta

Vern Gambetta is that rare individual who has coached at the elite level across multiple sports. His foundation is in Track & Field coaching, however over a career that spans almost 50 years he has worked in Major League Soccer, Major League Baseball, the NBA, Cricket, the NHL, Softball, Swimming and with San Francisco Forty […]

Shaun Caven

Shaun was born in Scotland and started coaching canoeing when he was 16 years old. He progressed until he was the coach of the national team in 1997. He then went on to lead the British Junior and Senior teams before moving to the USA in 2008 to lead the program at Oklahoma City University […]

Franco Smith

Franco Smith

As a player Franco Smith represented South Africa as well as playing for clubs in South Africa, Italy, France and Wales. He started his professional coaching career in 2006 with the South African team the Cheetahs. Then in 2008 he became Head Coach of Benneton in Italy, guiding them to 2 National Championships, a Coppa […]

Greg Canella

Greg Canella

As a player Greg was a High School All American, and a an All American while at Nassau Community College. After graduating he spent time as an Assistant at Stony Brook before becoming Head Coach at his alma mater the University of Massachusetts in 1993. Since then, he has gone to achieve eight NCAA Tournament […]

Peter Eriksson

Peter Eriksson

Our Great Coach on this episode is Peter Eriksson . Peter Eriksson is an Athletics coach who was formerly the head coach of the Olympic and Paralympic programs for both British Athletics and Athletics Canada. He started coaching in the early 80’s after a reaching the world championships as a Speed Skater for his native […]

Gareth Taylor

Gareth Taylor

Our Great Coach on this episode is Gareth Taylor. Gareth played as a professional football player for 18 seasons, playing for Bristol Rovers, Crystal Palace, Manchester City, Burnley and Nottingham Forest among others teams. He retired in 2011 and started coaching youth teams at Manchester City. After 8 years in the City Academy, he was […]

Doug Maclean

Doug Maclean

Our Great Coach on this episode is Doug Maclean. Doug is a former Ice Hockey Head Coach, GM, and sportscaster. His coaching career started in his hometown of Summerside in 1977 with High School teams. By 1990 he had his first professional job leading the Baltimore Skipjacks. A successful stint there, saw him move to […]

Ashes Special: Leadership

Ashes Leadership

In this podcast we discuss the Mens and Womens Ashes with Michelle Goszko and John Buchanan and in particular the way Leadership has influenced both teams. You can learn more at our website ⁠thegreatcoachespodcast.com⁠