14 Facts About Jamaal Shabazz

Jamaal Shabazz was born on 22 November 1963 and is a Trinidadian football manager, who has recently vacated the position of head coach of the Guyana national football team.

Jamaal Shabazz is known for four different stints in charge of Guyana.

Jamaal Shabazz was a press officer for CONCACAF from 1997 to 1998.

Jamaal Shabazz established the side as a regional power with a series of results including 11 consecutive wins in 2006 and they reached their highest FIFA World Ranking of 86 in 2010.

Jamaal Shabazz led the Trinidad and Tobago women's football programme in 2010 before returning to take charge of Guyana in August 2011.

Jamaal Shabazz led the Golden Jaguars to the third round of qualification for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, marking the furthest the national team had advanced in its history.

Jamaal Shabazz left Guyana for the second time in November 2012.

Jamaal Shabazz was in charge during the 2012 CFU Club Championship victory and 2015 name change from Caledonia AIA.

In 2012 Jamaal Shabazz had a spell as co-coach of his country's men's team with Hudson Charles, who had previously been on the opposing side as part of the military force responding to the 1990 coup attempt.

At the time of their joint appointment, Jamaal Shabazz remained a member of the religious organization Jamaat while Charles continued in his career as a warrant officer with the country's Defence Force.

Jamaal Shabazz's third spell with the Guyanese national team was announced at a press conference on 12 January 2015 ahead of a friendly against Barbados, and he signed a two-year deal with the Guyanese football association in March.

Jamaal Shabazz left the team on the expiry of his contract at the end of 2016 and took up duties as head coordinator of the TTFA's technical programmes.

Jamaal Shabazz took over the women's national team after Carolina Morace left in 2017 and resigned from the role on 8 August 2018.

In 2019, Jamaal Shabazz received a two-year appointment to the IFAB Football Advisory Panel.