Owen Columba Coyle was born on 14 July 1966 and is a professional football manager and former player who was more recently the manager of Scottish Championship club Queen's Park.
38 Facts About Owen Coyle
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Owen Coyle played as a striker for several clubs in England and Scotland, and made one appearance for the Republic of Ireland national team.
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Owen Coyle appeared for Bolton in the Premier League before a return to Scotland with Dundee United.
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Owen Coyle went on to play for several other Scottish clubs, including Motherwell, Dunfermline Athletic, Falkirk and St Johnstone.
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Owen Coyle then moved to Bolton Wanderers in January 2010, halfway through his first season in the Premier League; Coyle stated this move was due to Bolton being "ten years ahead of Burnley".
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Owen Coyle was made head coach of Houston Dynamo in December 2014, until he left by mutual agreement in May 2016.
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Owen Coyle then managed Blackburn Rovers between June 2016 and February 2017.
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Owen Coyle returned to Scotland to manage Ross County in September 2017, but resigned from this position after five months.
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On 3 December 2019, Owen Coyle was appointed as head coach of Indian club Chennaiyin.
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Owen Coyle led them from bottom of the table to the ISL final.
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Owen Coyle began his senior career with Dumbarton in 1985 where he played alongside his brothers Joe and Tommy.
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Owen Coyle's next move was to Motherwell in January 1997, after a move to Hibernian fell through.
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Owen Coyle rejoined Airdrieonians in 2001 and won the Challenge Cup but they went into liquidation in May 2002.
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Owen Coyle then joined Falkirk, being promoted to co-player-manager alongside John Hughes in 2003.
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Owen Coyle took up the post of assistant manager to Sandy Stewart.
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On 15 November 2010, Owen Coyle returned to playing action at the age of 44 when turning out for Bolton in their friendly match with Northern Ireland side Cliftonville.
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Owen Coyle made two substitute appearances for Republic of Ireland B against England B: at Turners Cross in Cork on 27 March 1990, and at Anfield on 13 December 1994.
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Owen Coyle went on to earn one full international cap for the Republic of Ireland team, in a friendly match played against the Netherlands in Tilburg in April 1994.
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Owen Coyle accepted an offer from Burnley in the week before the final and left the club.
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Owen Coyle was appointed as Burnley's new manager the following day.
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Owen Coyle was given a reference by then Scotland manager Alex McLeish to support his Burnley application, and was recommended by Bolton chairman Phil Gartside after they appointed Gary Megson as their new manager, as Owen Coyle was Gartside's second choice for the Bolton job after Megson.
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Owen Coyle brought the best out of me and made me feel a lot younger than my age.
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Owen Coyle won the September 2008 Championship Manager of the Month award after leading Burnley to five wins and a draw, which included a League Cup win over Premier League side Fulham.
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In January 2010, Bolton Wanderers expressed their interest in Owen Coyle becoming their new manager to replace the recently sacked Gary Megson, with Owen Coyle expressing a desire to leave Burnley and take up the position.
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When Bolton next played Burnley Owen Coyle was called "Judas" by the Burnley fans as they felt that he had betrayed them.
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Owen Coyle responded to these comments by saying that if they were going to use biblical terms about him and his time in charge of their club, he should be referred to as 'Moses' for leading them out of the wilderness.
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Owen Coyle achieved his goal of keeping Bolton in the Premier League by finishing 14th with 39 points, nine clear of relegated Burnley.
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Owen Coyle later signed Marcos Alonso from Real Madrid for an undisclosed fee and brought Ivan Klasnic back to the club on a free transfer after spending the previous season on loan at the Reebok.
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On 14 June 2013, Owen Coyle was announced as the manager of Wigan Athletic following the departure of Roberto Martinez to Everton.
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Owen Coyle left Wigan on 2 December 2013, with Wigan losing for the third time in a week, and lying 14th in the table.
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On 8 December 2014, Owen Coyle signed a three-year contract to become the head coach of Major League Soccer club Houston Dynamo.
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Owen Coyle was appointed manager of Championship club Blackburn Rovers on a two-year contract on 2 June 2016.
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Owen Coyle resigned from this position on 1 March 2018, with the club sitting bottom of the league.
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On 7 August 2020, Owen Coyle was appointed the head coach of Indian Super League club Jamshedpur.
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In March 2022, it was confirmed that Owen Coyle would be returning to Scottish football after being appointed as the head coach of Queen's Park and would take up the role officially on 1 June.
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Owen Coyle left the club a few days after the playoff defeat, saying he needed time to "recharge his batteries".
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Owen Coyle was raised in the 'Little Donegal' area of the Gorbals, Glasgow, to parents from Ireland and is a frequent visitor to Gweedore, County Donegal.
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Owen Coyle made an appearance in the Scottish football film A Shot at Glory, in 2000, alongside The Godfather star Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton and Ally McCoist.