Gary Hindley was born on May 8,1947 and is an American soccer coach.
20 Facts About Gary Hindley
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Gary Hindley has coached youth soccer, high school, college and professional teams.
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Gary Hindley won Coach of the Year honors in 1984 in the United Soccer League, 1991 American Professional Soccer League and 1998.
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In 1965, Hindley graduated from Wall High School in Wall Township, New Jersey, where he was the first captain of the boys' soccer program team.
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Gary Hindley then attended Trenton State College, where he played on the men's soccer team from 1965 to 1968.
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Gary Hindley graduated in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in education and earned his master's degree in 1970.
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Gary Hindley was inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Gary Hindley played briefly in the American Soccer League in 1969 and 1971.
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In 1970, Gary Hindley became an assistant coach at Middlebury College.
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In 1984, Gary Hindley became head coach of the Houston Dynamos of the United Soccer League.
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Gary Hindley took the Dynamos to the championship game, losing to the Fort Lauderdale Sun.
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Gary Hindley then returned to the Lazers where he remained until hired by the Chicago Sting as an assistant coach on Jan 14,1987.
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Gary Hindley remained in Chicago where he ran youth soccer camps.
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Gary Hindley took the Bays to the top of the league standings and was named the 1991 APSL Coach of the Year.
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The Bays folded during the off-season and Gary Hindley ran soccer camps in Florida until hired by the Cleveland Crunch of the National Professional Soccer League on Sept 30,1992.
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Gary Hindley guided Cleveland to playoff series wins over the Buffalo Blizzard and Harrisburg Heat before losing the championship to the Kansas City Attack in the final game of a five-game series.
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In 1994, Gary Hindley coached the American Conference in the NPSL All-Star Game, then took the Crunch to the NPSL championship, defeating Buffalo and Harrisburg and beating the St Louis Ambush, three games to one for the title.
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In February 2002, Gary Hindley was named Director of Coaching and Player Development for the Knoxville Football Club.
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Gary Hindley was a much noted referee for nearly 25 years and assigned some of the highest level games.
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From 2009 until 2014, Gary Hindley was head coach of both the boys and girls varsity teams at 1A Port St Joe High School in Florida.