Really happy with Chiefy as our coach and long may it continue but wouldn't be great if we had some actual NZ born coach's come through us and the new Auckland side.
Its the one part of the kiwi game still letting us down.
We've been inundated with foreign coaches, mostly Brits, since 2000 (and earlier). Some have become true blue Kiwis doing well for us, while others were a dalliance at our expense.
The last proper kiwi in charge of a pro team was Ricki.
Since day one of the Kingz, we've only had 3: Ricki, Shane and Wynton.
Pretty poor form for a quarter century of pro football over 4 teams. The All whites are just as bad (2).
Looking at the key positions in NZ football; the Kingz, Knights, Nix (Men's & Women's), Akl FC, AWs & Ferns, there have been 38 different managers. Of that, only 8 were born in NZ and most of them managed the Ferns and often only for a few games (last Ferns kiwi coach was 2004, 20 years ago).
If you include Brits with kiwi passports in the mix you add 7 more.
All up 53+% of our coaches were born in the UK and 79+% were born overseas . Not great reading.
Stats:
Kiwis: 8 21% (Was Doug Moore born here?)
British Kiwis: 9 24%
British: 12 31%
Australian: 5 13%
Other: 4 11%
We really need to turn these stats around.
Managers Since 2000:
Kingz:
Wynton Rufer (Kiwi)
Mike Petersen (Aussie)
Shane Rufer (Kiwi)
Kevin Fallon (English / Kiwi PP)
Ken Dugdale (English)
Tommy Mason (English / Kiwi PP)
Knights:
John Adshead (English / Kiwi PP)
Paul Nevin (English)
Barry Simmonds (English)
Rick Herbert (Kiwi)
Phoenix
Men: Women:
Ricki Herbert (Kiwi) Gemma Lewis (Welsh)
Chris Greenacre (English/Kiwi PP) Paul Temple (English/Kiwi PP)
Ernie Merrick (Scottish)
Des Buckingham (English)
Darije Kalazic (Bosnia)
Marko Rudan (Aussie)
Ufuk Talay (Aussie)
Chiefy (Aussie)
Auckland FC:
Steve Corica (Aussie)
Ferns: All Whites:
Doug Moore (Kiwi?) Ken Dugdale (English)
Sandy Davie (Scottish/Kiwi PP) Mick Waitt (English/Kiwi PP)
Fred Simpson (Kiwi) Ricki Herbert (Kiwi)
Alison Grant (Kiwi) Neil Emblen (English)
Wendi Henderson (Kiwi) Anthony Hudson (English)
Mick Leonard (English) Fritz Schmid (Swiss)
John Herdman (English) Danny Hay (Kiwi)
Allan Jones (English) Darren Bazeley (English/Kiwi PP)
Tony Readings (English/Kiwi PP)
Andreas Heraf (Austrian)
Tom Sermanni (Scottish)
Jitka Klimkova (Czech)
Its the one part of the kiwi game still letting us down.
We've been inundated with foreign coaches, mostly Brits, since 2000 (and earlier). Some have become true blue Kiwis doing well for us, while others were a dalliance at our expense.
The last proper kiwi in charge of a pro team was Ricki.
Since day one of the Kingz, we've only had 3: Ricki, Shane and Wynton.
Pretty poor form for a quarter century of pro football over 4 teams. The All whites are just as bad (2).
Looking at the key positions in NZ football; the Kingz, Knights, Nix (Men's & Women's), Akl FC, AWs & Ferns, there have been 38 different managers. Of that, only 8 were born in NZ and most of them managed the Ferns and often only for a few games (last Ferns kiwi coach was 2004, 20 years ago).
If you include Brits with kiwi passports in the mix you add 7 more.
All up 53+% of our coaches were born in the UK and 79+% were born overseas . Not great reading.
Stats:
Kiwis: 8 21% (Was Doug Moore born here?)
British Kiwis: 9 24%
British: 12 31%
Australian: 5 13%
Other: 4 11%
We really need to turn these stats around.
Managers Since 2000:
Kingz:
Wynton Rufer (Kiwi)
Mike Petersen (Aussie)
Shane Rufer (Kiwi)
Kevin Fallon (English / Kiwi PP)
Ken Dugdale (English)
Tommy Mason (English / Kiwi PP)
Knights:
John Adshead (English / Kiwi PP)
Paul Nevin (English)
Barry Simmonds (English)
Rick Herbert (Kiwi)
Phoenix
Men: Women:
Ricki Herbert (Kiwi) Gemma Lewis (Welsh)
Chris Greenacre (English/Kiwi PP) Paul Temple (English/Kiwi PP)
Ernie Merrick (Scottish)
Des Buckingham (English)
Darije Kalazic (Bosnia)
Marko Rudan (Aussie)
Ufuk Talay (Aussie)
Chiefy (Aussie)
Auckland FC:
Steve Corica (Aussie)
Ferns: All Whites:
Doug Moore (Kiwi?) Ken Dugdale (English)
Sandy Davie (Scottish/Kiwi PP) Mick Waitt (English/Kiwi PP)
Fred Simpson (Kiwi) Ricki Herbert (Kiwi)
Alison Grant (Kiwi) Neil Emblen (English)
Wendi Henderson (Kiwi) Anthony Hudson (English)
Mick Leonard (English) Fritz Schmid (Swiss)
John Herdman (English) Danny Hay (Kiwi)
Allan Jones (English) Darren Bazeley (English/Kiwi PP)
Tony Readings (English/Kiwi PP)
Andreas Heraf (Austrian)
Tom Sermanni (Scottish)
Jitka Klimkova (Czech)