Mike Mulvey

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Mike Mulvey
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-02-25) 25 February 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1980–1982 Manchester United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1983–1986 Brisbane Lions 14
Managerial career
1998 Ipswich Knights FC
1999–2007 Queensland Sting
2007–2009 Australia U20 (assistant)
2007–2010 QAS
2009–2012 Gold Coast United (youth)
2010–2012 Gold Coast United (assistant)
2012 Gold Coast United (caretaker)
2012 Melbourne Victory FC W-League
2012–2014 Brisbane Roar
2015–2016 Sabah FA (technical director)
2015–2016 Sabah FA
2016–2017 Terengganu (technical director)
2017 Terengganu (caretaker)
2017 BEC Tero Sasana
2018–2019 Central Coast Mariners
2019–2021 Western Pride (technical director)
2021– South West Queensland Thunder (technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mike Mulvey (born 25 February 1963) is an Australian-English football manager, who is currently the technical director of South West Queensland Thunder. He had previously been in charge of clubs in Australia, Thailand and Malaysia.

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Mulvey is best known for his coaching performance in 2013-14, when he took Brisbane Roar to their record-breaking third A-League title. He was named A-League Coach of the Year in the same season - just 12 months after being named W-League Coach of the Year. [1]

In December 2014, he was named as the Queensland's Coach of the Year at the annual state coaching awards. [2]

Playing career

Born in Manchester, Mulvey began his playing career as a trainee at Manchester United, before his family decided to emigrate to Australia in 1982. [3] Once arriving in Brisbane, he soon signed with National Soccer League club Brisbane Lions (now Brisbane Roar), where spent several seasons. He later joined his brother Phil at North Star in the Brisbane Premier League.

Managerial career

Mulvey's first senior coaching role was as the inaugural coach of Ipswich Knights in 1998.

Mulvey was the assistant coach at former A-League club Gold Coast United. On 20 February 2012, it was announced Mulvey had been appointed caretaker coach of Gold Coast, after Head Coach Miron Bleiberg left. [4]

After the club dissolved, he joined Melbourne Victory as the women's team coach. Mulvey transformed the team into W-League championship contenders, sparking interest from A-League clubs. [5] [6]

In December 2012, Mulvey was appointed Head Coach at Brisbane Roar Football Club on an interim basis. In February 2013, Mulvey was appointed as the permanent Head Coach at the club. Following his appointment, Brisbane Roar only lost one of their remaining seven regular season matches.

He went on to take the Roar to the semifinals in the Hyundai A-league's 2012/13 season, losing 2–1 to Premier's Plate winners Western Sydney Wanderers in the preliminary final.

The following season, 2013/14, Mulvey took the Roar to winning their second Premier's Plate and third A-League Championship in four years. Mulvey's Roar won the Premier's Plate by 10 points, the second largest margin in the history of the A-League. The team then went on to beat Melbourne Victory 1–0 in the semi-final and then beating the Western Sydney Wanderers 2–1 after extra time in the Grand Final to win the 2013/2014 A-League Championship.

On 23 November 2014, Mulvey was sacked from his position as manager of the Brisbane Roar after a series of defeats [7] [8]

Despite the successful 2013–14 season, Brisbane Roar managed only one win out of 6 games at the beginning of the 2014–15 season and on 23 November 2014, Mulvey stepped down from the role of head coach. [9]

In February 2015, Mulvey was appointed as a Technical Director for Sabah FA, [10] before officially become the head coach for the club in less than a month. [11]

Mulvey moved on to become Technical Director at Malaysian Premier League club Terengganu in July 2016, before being installed as caretaker manager. He left the club at the end of the season. [12]

Mulvey was hired by Thai League 1 side Police Tero F.C. at the commencement of the 2017 Season and despite playing with the league's smallest budget, he steered the Bangkok club to safety.

Just three months after arriving in Thailand, Mulvey was voted to take charge of the Thai League 1 All-Stars for their match against the Thailand national team at the Bannayinda Stadium in August 2017. The match finished in a 3-3 draw. [13]

In April 2018, Mulvey was announced as the new head coach of the Central Coast Mariners, replacing Paul Okon. [14] In March 2019, he parted ways with the club. [15]

In October 2019, Mulvey returned to Queensland and joined Western Pride FC in a dual role as Technical Director and Youth Coach, winning the Football Queensland Premier League U-18 Title in his first season in charge, going through the season undefeated. [16]

He subsequently accepted a combined position as the Technical Director for Football Queensland Premier League side South West Queensland Thunder FC and as Head Coach at Toowoomba Grammar School. [17]

Coaching style

In an interview with the Sydney Morning Herald in 2014, Mulvey's Roar side was lauded for playing "the most tactically savvy and technically proficient football of the year". [18]

Mulvey said his ideal tactical style embraced a flexible system designed to keep possession with a pro-active, high-tempo style: “I don't like seeing long-ball. I'll switch the television off if someone starts with that stuff. My teams play football the way I like it played – you keep possession, you pass, you attack.” [18]

Managerial statistics

As of 31 August 2021.
TeamNatFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Gold Coast United Youth Australia13 September 20094 March 201261301516049.18
Gold Coast United (caretaker)Australia22 February 201225 March 20127133014.29
Melbourne Victory W-League Australia20 October 201218 December 20129513055.56
Brisbane Roar Australia18 December 201223 November 20145628721050.00
Sabah FA Malaysia1 April 201530 November 20158422050.00
Terengganu FA Malaysia1 December 201517 July 201611416036.36
BEC Tero Sasana ThailandJune 2017November 2017248511033.33
Central Coast Mariners Australia11 April 201810 March 2019221417004.55
Western Pride (Youth)Australia1 October 20191 February 202111830072.73
Total208894178042.79

Honours

As a Manager

Brisbane Roar

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References

  1. ↑ "Mike Mulvey named A-League coach of the season". The Guardian. Australia Associated Press. 24 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "Former Brisbane Roar boss Mike Mulvey begins Borneo adventure". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "Mike Mulvey's football education and work ethic driving Brisbane to greater heights". Daily Telegraph. 6 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Miron Sacked Before He Could Quit". FourFourTwo. 20 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "Mike Mulvey". worldfootball.net. 10 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Gold Coast United Coaches and staff". Football Federation Australia.
  7. ↑ Monteverde, Marco (22 November 2014). "Brisbane Roar coach Mike Mulvey axed by A-League champions after series of defeats". foxsports.com.au. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Club statement regarding Mike Mulvey". Brisbane Roar FC. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Club statement regarding Mike Mulvey". Brisbane Roar. 23 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Ex-Roar coach mulvey gets job in Malaysia". The West Australian. 17 February 2015.
  11. ↑ "Former Brisbane Roar manager Mike Mulvey takes over as Sabah coach". ESPN FC. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "A-League winning coach Mike Mulvey 'rested' by Terengganu in Malaysia".
  13. ↑ "คลิป "ช้างศึก" เจ๊า "ออลสตาร์ไทยลีก" 3-3 ยอดบริจาคช่วยน้ำท่วม 2,696,849 บาท". Sanook. 27 August 2017.
  14. ↑ "Mariners appoint Mike Mulvey as Head Coach". Central Coast Mariners. 11 April 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  15. ↑ "Club Statement: Mariners part ways with Mike Mulvey". 10 March 2019.
  16. ↑ https://www.gympietimes.com.au/news/unbeaten-teams-celebration-warning-attitude-trumps/4135070/
  17. ↑ "Great News for Thunder!!!!". 26 January 2021.
  18. 1 2 "Brisbane coach Mike Mulvey sets record straight on style and the British stereotype". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 February 2014.
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