Barry Quin (football coach)

Barry Quin
Managerial career
Years	Team
2007	Brentford (caretaker)
2014	Watford (reserves)

Barry Quin is an English football youth coach. He previously spent two decades working in the youth setup at Brentford and served as first team caretaker manager for the final three games of the 2006–07 season. He served in a number of academy roles at Watford between 2010 and 2021.

Coaching career

Brentford

Quin began working in the youth setup at Brentford in the early 1990s and was later named as Head Of Youth Development in 1996.^[1] In October 2004, Quin's role was extended and he was appointed youth team manager, assisted by Richard Dobson and Scott Fitzgerald.^[2] Fitzgerald replaced Quin as youth team manager in May 2005,^[3] with Quin continuing in his role as Head Of Youth Development.^[4] Throughout his tenure, Quin ran Brentford's Centre Of Excellence on a limited budget.^[1] After 20 years with the Bees, Quin left Griffin Park in July 2010 and was replaced by Ose Aibangee.^[5]^[6]

Caretaker manager

With Brentford already relegated to League Two, Quin served as caretaker manager for the final three games of the 2006–07 season.^[7] Quin's first match was against Doncaster Rovers on 21 April 2007, which resulted in a 3–0 defeat.^[8] The Bees picked up a surprise win in the following game, beating Port Vale 4–3 at Griffin Park.^[8] Quin's final match in charge was a 3–1 defeat to Tranmere Rovers and he was unable to keep Brentford from finishing bottom of League One.^[8] Quin picked squads with a heavy emphasis on youth, giving professional debuts to Lewis Dark and Ross Montague and including other youth products Karleigh Osborne, Darius Charles, Charlie Ide, Karle Carder-Andrews, Ryan Peters, Clark Masters, Seb Brown and Bradley Falco.^[9]^[10]^[11] After the season, Terry Butcher took over as first team manager.^[12]

Watford

Quin coached at the Harefield Academy as part of Watford's coaching scheme during the 2010–11 season, before being named U12-U16 academy manager in June 2011.^[13] Quin took charge of Watford's Mayo International Cup team in 2012.^[14] Quin managed Watford's U15 teams in 2012 and 2013 editions of the Milk Cup and oversaw a third-place finish in 2013.^[15]^[16] Quin was named Head of Academy – Coaching and Development in 2013 and served in the role until May 2021.^[17]^[18] He managed the club's reserve team between August and December 2014.^[19]

Personal life

In January 2022, as part of the Premier League's Elite Heads of Coaching programme, Quin completed a postgraduate diploma in Elite Coach Development.^[20]

References

^ ^a ^b BIAS (20 March 2009). "BIAS Continues support of the BFC Centre of Excellence". Brentford Independent Association of Supporters. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Quin Extends Role". brentfordfc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Martin's Friday Update". brentfordfc.co.uk. 27 May 2005. Archived from the original on 12 September 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Fitzgerald lands Bees role". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Brentford's Quin bids emotional farewell". From Your Local Guardian. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ Amos, Stuart (8 December 2010). "Bees academy is no quick fix". Richmond and Twickenham Times. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Bees Seek New Management Team". brentfordfc.co.uk. 10 April 2007. Archived from the original on 2 August 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Brentford results for the 2006–2007 season". Statto.com. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Doncaster Rovers vs. Brentford – Football Match Summary – April 21, 2007". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Brentford vs. Port Vale – Football Match Summary – April 28, 2007". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Tranmere Rovers vs. Brentford – Football Match Summary – May 5, 2007". ESPN FC. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Terry Butcher – Bees New Manager". brentfordfc.co.uk. 24 April 2007. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 8 April 2018.
^ "Barry Quin". WatfordFC. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
^ "Mayo International Cup". Mayo International Cup. 27 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ Hellard, Bobby (25 July 2012). "Watford to play Everton in Milk Cup". Watford Observer. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Milk Cup: Liverpool Defeated by Hornets". Watfordfc.com. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
^ "Barry Quin". www.watfordfc.com. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
^ "Academy: Farewell Barry Quin". www.watfordfc.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
^ "Quin: Coaching these lads keeps me alive". Watford Observer. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
^ "'Heads of Coaching can transform how we coach'". www.premierleague.com. Retrieved 1 February 2022.