Date of birth October 1965 Years Team | Place of birth Newcastle, England | |
2010–2015 Minnesota United (assistant) Team coached Minnesota United FC (Manager, 2015–2016) | ||
Carl Craig is an English football manager who is former head coach of NASL club Minnesota United.
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Early life
Craig spent some time on the books of Newcastle United as a young footballer but fell away from the game in his mid teens. During the 1980s he was a member of punk bands called Reality Control and The Abductor, and toured with Chumbawamba. Craig then ran a whole foods co-operative with bandmates out of a flat in Newcastle. Craig was also a vegan in this period and his first experience of football coaching was for the team of a workers co-op music club. Craig tattooed himself when he was 11 years old.
Coaching career
Prior to moving to the United States, Craig had acquired his full English FA badge and spent some time working for the FA in the English north-east, as well as for the Newcastle United academy system along with Sheffield Wednesday. After moving to the United States in 1994, Craig progressed through the managerial ranks in the Minnesota area working in youth leagues then the Premier Development League and National Premier Soccer League before becoming assistant manager of Minnesota United in 2010.
Craig was promoted to head coach of Minnesota United in December 2015. Under Craig's guidance in the 2016 season, Minnesota finished 5th in NASL missing out on the play offs.