Kevin McGreskin

Kevin McGreskin
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Peter Mcgreskin
Date of birth	14 January 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth	Dundee, Scotland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Teams managed
Years	Team
2011–2013	Partick Thistle F.C. (Assistant)
2013–2014	Dundee United F.C. (Assistant)
2015–2016	Bahamas Football Association (National Technical Director)
2019-2020	Cook Islands Football Association (National Technical Director)
2020	Forfar Farmington (Assistant)
2021	Forfar Farmington
2021	América Reserves and Academy (women)

Last updated April 09, 2022

Kevin McGreskin is a Scottish professional football coach who is currently head coach of Forfar Farmington in the Scottish Women's Premier League.

Career

From July 2011 until January 2013, he was an assistant coach of Partick Thistle F.C. working with Manager Jackie McNamara and Assistant Manager Simon Donnelly. Under McNamara, Thistle played an exciting attacking style of football and went on to win the Scottish Championship in 2013 .

From February 2013 to May 2014 he worked with Dundee United F.C. after Jackie McNamara was appointed Manager. McNamara implemented a similar style of free-flowing attacking football, which had been successful at Thistle, and led Dundee United to successive top 6 finishes in the Scottish Premiership and were Scottish Cup Finalists in 2014.

From February 2015 until February 2016 he worked as the National Technical Director of the Bahamas Football Association where he also coached the men's and women's national teams at both senior and youth level.

He has also worked as a consultant for a number of clubs in Europe, including Dinamo Zagreb, SC Heerenveen, and Molde FK.

He is also involved in coach education and has delivered on the UEFA Pro/A/B Licence courses and has worked with a number of National Associations, including the Croatian Football Federation, Danish Football Union, Irish FA and Welsh FA.

In 2019 McGreskin was appointed Technical Director of the Cook Islands Football Association, with responsibilities for developing the National Academy and coach education.^[1]

Having previously been assistant to Ryan McConville, McGreskin was appointed as head coach of Scottish Women's Premier League club Forfar Farmington until the end of the 2020-21 season when McConville left the club in January 2021.^[2] His first match in charge was a 3–2 win against Motherwell.^[3]

In June 2021, it was announced that McGreskin had departed Forfar Farmington to "take on a new venture in Mexico".^[4]

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References

↑ Bjerkevoll, Ola (15 May 2019). "INTERVIEW: CIFA Technical Director Kevin McGreskin on his new job and the plans for the Cook Islands". Football in Oceania. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
↑ Campbell, Alan (24 January 2021). "Ian Maxwell to hold important talks on the suspension of women's leagues". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
↑ "SWPL: Rangers & Glasgow City move five points clear at top". BBC Sport. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
↑ "McGreskin departs for Mexico". Forfar Farmington. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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[1] Bjerkevoll, Ola (15 May 2019). "INTERVIEW: CIFA Technical Director Kevin McGreskin on his new job and the plans for the Cook Islands". Football in Oceania. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

[2] Campbell, Alan (24 January 2021). "Ian Maxwell to hold important talks on the suspension of women's leagues". The Herald. Glasgow. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[3] "SWPL: Rangers & Glasgow City move five points clear at top". BBC Sport. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

[4] "McGreskin departs for Mexico". Forfar Farmington. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

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