Austin MacPhee was born on 11 October 1979 and is a Scottish football coach and former player who is currently working at Aston Villa as a set piece coach and is the assistant manager of the Portugal national team.
24 Facts About Austin MacPhee
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Austin MacPhee was a youth team player with Forfar Athletic, but didn't progress to the first team.
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Austin MacPhee moved to the United States aged 20 and spent three years playing college soccer for the Wilmington Seahawks.
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Austin MacPhee then had one year with Romanian club Dacia Unirea Braila and three years in Japan with FC Kariya, where he ended his playing career.
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Austin MacPhee resigned after one season in charge to take an assistant coach job with Cowdenbeath.
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Head Coach Danny Lennon hired Austin MacPhee after seeing his coaching ability on the UEFA A Licence and noting his success at Cupar Hearts.
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Austin MacPhee helped secure the signing of Esmael Goncalves on loan from Rio Ave.
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Austin MacPhee was credited with the tactical plan behind the victory in post match comments by Manager Danny Lennon and team captain Steven Thompson.
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Austin MacPhee resigned from his post at St Mirren in March 2014 to become an assistant coach with the Northern Ireland National Team and began working with Michael O'Neill.
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Austin MacPhee joined the squad for the first time for their game in Montevideo, Uruguay in May 2014 as they prepared for their Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
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Austin MacPhee was the "only Scot at the Euros" after all home nations qualified bar Scotland.
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Austin MacPhee continued to work as one of O'Neill's assistant coaches for a total of 63 internationals, until O'Neill left the post to manage Stoke City.
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On 6 December 2016, Austin MacPhee agreed to take over as the new assistant coach to Ian Cathro at Heart of Midlothian.
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The club announced that Austin MacPhee would continue to work with Northern Ireland.
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Austin MacPhee was appointed as caretaker manager of Hearts in October 2019, as Hearts went through a legal dispute with Barnsley about the hiring of new head coach Daniel Stendel to replace Craig Levein.
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Austin MacPhee officially left Hearts on 31 May 2020, at the end of his contract.
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The Irish Football Association announced that Austin MacPhee would continue to work with Northern Ireland.
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Once again, the Irish FA initially said that Austin MacPhee would continue his work with the Northern Irish national team.
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In November 2022, when Unai Emery took over as Aston Villa manager, Austin MacPhee retained his role.
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Later in August 2021, Austin MacPhee left his position with Northern Ireland to take an assistant coach position with the Scotland national team alongside his Aston Villa role.
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In September 2024, Austin MacPhee announced that he had reluctantly resigned the international role because his father was ill and he wanted to focus on his job with Aston Villa.
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On 12 February 2025, Austin MacPhee was announced as the new Portugal national team assistant manager, alongside his ongoing role at Aston Villa.
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Austin MacPhee has previously held roles as a UEFA Technical Observer and a FIFA Coach Mentor with the Chinese National Team Staff.
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Austin MacPhee founded the charity AM Soccer Club, which provides football coaching to over 500 players.