18 Facts About Chris Little

Chris Little is a Scottish-born football coach and former player.

Chris Little is currently an assistant coach for Major League Soccer side Colorado Rapids.

Chris Little was previously head coach of Tacoma Defiance, the second-division affiliate of Seattle Sounders FC.

Chris Little played professionally for the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division and previously coached various amateur and college teams in North Carolina and Kentucky.

Chris Little played for the AFC Bournemouth Academy, but left at the age of 18 to pursue a college scholarship at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.

Chris Little captained the Braves for two seasons and was inducted into the university's Athletic Hall Of Fame in 2012.

Chris Little graduated from UNC Pembroke in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in History and in 2002 with a master's degree in physical education.

Chris Little was signed to a professional contract with the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Second Division in 2000 and became a starting midfielder and forward.

Chris Little returned to UNC Pembroke in 2001 as an assistant coach for two years.

Chris Little was named the head coach of Cumberland College in 2003 and lead the team to a 20th-place rank in the 2004 NAIA national poll and to the final of the NAIA Region XI tournament.

Chris Little returned to North Carolina to manage various youth football organisations in the Greensboro area before accepting a role as assistant coach for the Carolina Dynamo from 2008 to 2009.

Chris Little was named an assistant coach at Elon University in 2010 and was promoted to head coach in 2014 following the departure of Darren Powell.

Chris Little returned to the Carolina Dynamo as head coach in 2013.

In 2017, Chris Little joined Seattle Sounders FC as an academy coach and trainer.

Chris Little received his Elite Formation Coaching License from Major League Soccer in 2018 and spent time with the training staff of Atletico Madrid under the program.

On 23 January 2019 the Sounders announced that Chris Little would take over as head coach of the Tacoma Defiance reserves team while retaining his role as the Sounders FC Academy Director of Coaching.

On 26 February 2021, Chris Little left Tacoma to join Colorado Rapids as an assistant coach.

Chris Little is married to Kara-Lyn, a former volleyball player at UNC Pembroke, and has two children.