Brian Coyne (born 13 December 1959) is a Scottish former professional

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player and

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. Coyne played for

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in his native

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before joining

Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. The team competes in League One, the third tier of English football. The club plays its home games at the New Meadow, having mo ...

in June 1979. However, he played just once for Shrewsbury, his only

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side. He later had spells with

Motherwell Motherwell ( sco, Mitherwall, gd, Tobar na Màthar) is a town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, south east of Glasgow. It has a population of around 32,120. Historically in the parish of Dalziel and part of Lanarks ...

and

Falkirk Falkirk ( gd, An Eaglais Bhreac, sco, Fawkirk) is a large town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, historically within the county of Stirlingshire. It lies in the Forth Valley, northwest of Edinburgh and northeast of Glasgow. Falkirk had a ...

. No one has been at the helm for more Welsh Premier matches than Coyne, who left Newtown in the summer of 2003 after a decade in charge at Latham Park and, to the surprise of many, joined

Cwmbran Town Cwmbran ( ; cy, Cwmbrân , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to prov ...

as manager. He came into the club at a difficult time, after the death of Tony Wilcox, but after a slow start was able to build the Crows into a team contending for the top eight. He guided Newtown to the runners-up spot in the League of Wales and into European competition. Brian's teams have a reputation for playing football and producing outstanding talents such as Andy Cooke and Scott Ruscoe. Coyne, who has also managed the Welsh semi-professional squad, quit Cwmbran in October 2005 following the cash crisis and was swiftly appointed manager at

Aberystwyth Town Aberystwyth Town Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-Droed Tref Aberystwyth) is a Welsh semi-professional football team, currently playing in the Cymru Premier, the top tier of football in Wales. They are the only top flight men's football team in Ce ...

when David Burrows decided to quit. Coyne stepped down as manager in September 2009.

References

External links

Brian Coyne Welsh Premier Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Coyne, Brian Living people Footballers from Glasgow Scottish men's footballers Scottish football managers Celtic F.C. players Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Motherwell F.C. players Falkirk F.C. players Cymru Premier managers 1959 births Scottish Football League players Aberystwyth Town F.C. managers Newtown A.F.C. managers Cwmbran Town F.C. managers Men's association football midfielders