Gary Gold
Gary Gold (born 6 July 1967)[1] is a professional Rugby Union coach currently employed as Head Coach of the Cell C Sharks.
Growing up in Cape Town, South Africa Gold attended Wynberg Boys' High School.
Gold joined London Irish in July 2001 as Forwards Coach under Brendan Venter.[2] At the end of the 02/03 season Venter decided to return to South Africa and Gold took over the Head Coach position which he held until June 2005. As Head Coach Gold led Irish to finishes of 8th and 10th position (of 12 teams) in what was then known as the Zurich Premiership. At the end of the 04/05 season Gold was offered a chance to return to his native Cape Town, London Irish agreed to release him from his contract and he returned to South Africa to take up the role of Forwards Coach[3] at Western Province (rugby team).
After two seasons as Forwards Coach Gold took on the role of Head Coach at Western Province in July 2007 after Kobus Van Der Merwe and Jerome Paarwater resigned from their positions as Head Coach and Assistant Head Coach respectively.[4]
In May 2008 Gold was appointed by Peter de Villiers as an Assistant Coach of the Springboks. He would hold this position during the British and Irish Lions 2009 tour of South Africa and the 2011 Rugby World Cup in which the Springboks were knocked out in the quarter finals after a controversial 11-9 defeat to Australia.[5]
In January 2012 with Newcastle Falcons nine points adrift in the relegation zone of the Aviva Premiership they announced that Gold and Mike Ford (rugby) would join the club. Gold was made Head Coach and Ford Defence Coach. By the end of the season Newcastle had all but closed the points gap on London Wasps and ended up being relegated by one point.
In May 2012 Bath Rugby appointed Gold as Head Coach of a coaching team that includes Ford, Brad Davis, Toby Booth and Neil Hatley.[6] However, after a lacklustre season, Gold was elevated to Director of Rugby, with Ford becoming Head Coach. On 9 December 2013, Gold departed at the behest of owner Bruce Craig.[7]
In 2014, Gold was named head coach of the Natal Sharks.
References
- ↑ "Gary Gold". Worldartists.pl.privatelabel.co.za. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ↑ "BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | English | Coach Gold to leave London Irish". BBC News. 2005-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ↑ Dale Granger (2005-08-16). "News for South Africa and the world". IOL. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ↑ "Van der Merwe resigns as Province coach | News | Sport | Mail & Guardian". Mg.co.za. 2007-07-11. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ↑ "Falcons Appoint New Director Of Rugby". Newcastle Falcons. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ↑ Damian Derrick BBC Radio Bristol Sport (2012-05-08). "BBC Sport - Gary Gold takes on Bath head coach role". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-11-27.
- ↑ BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/25307735. Missing or empty
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