Lawrie McKinna

Football player infobox
playername= Lawrie McKinna
fullname = Lawrie McKinna


dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1961|7|8
cityofbirth = Kilmarnock
countryofbirth = Scotland
height =
position = Manager (former Striker)
currentclub = Central Coast Mariners
clubnumber =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1979-1982
1982-1986
1986
1987
1988
1989-1990
1990-1991
1991-1993
1993-1994
1994
1995-1997
1998
clubs = Darvel
Kilmarnock
Box Hill
Heidelberg United
APIA Leichhardt
Blacktown City
Wollongong City
Blacktown City
Newcastle Breakers
Blacktown City
Hills United
Penrith Panthers
caps(goals) =
87 (17)
24 0(6)
25 0(2)
31 0(4)
05 0(0)
39 (25)
07 0(0)
23 0(7)
04 0(0)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1992 1995-1996 1997-1999 1999-2002
2002-2004
2005-present
managerclubs = Blacktown City "(Asst.)"
Hills United
Sydney United "(Asst.)"
Parramatta Power "(Asst.)"
Northern Spirit
Central Coast Mariners

Lawrie McKinna (born July 8, 1961) is a Scottish-Australian former professional footballer and current football manager. He is currently manager of A-League side Central Coast Mariners.

Club career

Born in Kilmarnock in southwest Scotland, McKinna began his career as a striker with local junior side Darvel and made his debut for Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock in 1982. He made 87 league appearances for Kilmarnock, scoring 17 times before moving to Australia in 1986 where he went on to play for several more clubs in the NSL and various state leagues.

Managerial career

McKinna’s coaching career began in 1992 with New South Wales side Blacktown City as assistant manager. In 1995 Hills United hired him as a player/manager. In 1997 he became assistant to David Mitchell with National Soccer League clubs Sydney Olympic, then following Mitchell to Sydney United in 1998 and Parramatta Power in 1999.

He left Parramatta Power in 2002 to take over as manager of Northern Spirit. His first season as a NSL coach was extremeley promising and successful as he beat many accomplished coaches, and was awarded with the NSL coach of the year award after taking the Northern Spirit to their first finals campaign for three years.

Central Coast Mariners

In 2005 he was named as manager of the new A-League club the Central Coast Mariners, earning the inaugural A-League coach of the year award after leading the Mariners to the grand final and winning the preseason cup. In May 2006 he signed a new five-year contract with the Mariners [ [http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200605/s1630844.htm McKinna re-signs with Mariners] ]

In the 2006/2007 season, McKinna gave an interview during which his team were struggling for on field success. Notably saying how it was frustrating for him when the press report losses in matches but don't mention the long-term injury's to the sides key players like Nik Mrdja, Andre Gumprecht and Noel Spencer. In the interview he also talked about his footballing coaching licenses and mentions that he would be preparing to take his '“Asian 'B' license” course soon. [ [http://www.a-league.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&id=6421&pageid=15 McKinna interview with Full90] ]

Honours

Player

With APIA Leichhardt:
* NSL Cup: 1988

Manager

With Central Coast Mariners:
* A-League Premiership: 2007-2008Personal Honours:
* A-League Coach of the Year: 2005-2006
* NSL Coach of the Year: 2002-2003

References

External links

* [http://www.ccmariners.com.au/default.aspx?s=ccfc_coachingstaff&pid=732 Central Coast Mariners profile]
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/M/MCH.html Oz Football profile]