Michelle Barr

Michelle Barr (born 19 October 1978) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is the head coach of Old Dominion Monarchs college soccer team. She formerly played in the Scottish Women's Premier League for both Celtic and Rangers. She has previously played professionally in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and has been capped for the Scotland women's national team on 87 occasions.

Shelley Barr
Personal information
Full name Michelle Barr
Date of birth (1978-10-19) 19 October 1978
Place of birth Lanark, Scotland
Position(s) Central defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cumbernauld Ladies
1999 Miami Gliders
2000–2001 Stenhousemuir
2001–2004 ÍBV
2001–2002 Doncaster Belles
2002–2003 Kilmarnock Ladies
2003–2004 Doncaster Belles
2004–2005 Leeds United
2005 Vermont Lady Voltage
2007 Boston Renegades
2011–2012 Celtic
2013–2014 Rangers
International career‡
1996–2005 Scotland 87 (1)
Managerial career
2014– Old Dominion Monarchs
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:30, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:30, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Career

In 1999, Barr won the first Scottish Sports Aid Foundation award for women's football, £500.[1]

As a player, she has won every domestic honour in the Scottish women's game and was a runner-up in the English FA Women's Cup Final in 2002 with Doncaster Belles.[2][3]

Barr made her debut for the Scotland women's national team in 1996 against the Republic of Ireland and went on to win 87 caps, scoring once.[4]

She played professionally in Iceland for ÍBV between 2001 and 2004, becoming club captain.[5]

She joined the coaching staff at Dartmouth College as a volunteer assistant in 2005, becoming assistant coach to Angie Hind the following season.[6] Barr and Hind both left Dartmouth in December 2010.[7]

Barr was employed by the Scottish Football Association as National Youth Support Programme Manager for Girls/Women's football and is also assistant coach of the national Under-15 Girls team.[2]

She joined Rangers for the 2013 Scottish Women's Premier League season.[8] In May 2014 she became head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs, based in Norfolk, Virginia.[9]

References
  1. "Sport Digest: 1st October 1999". The Herald. Archived from the original on 25 April 2022.
  2. "Michelle Barr". Rangers FC. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  3. "Fulham too strong for Belles". BBC Sport. 6 May 2002. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  4. "Scotland Women A Squad". The Pink. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  5. Brian McIver (29 March 2003). "Meet the Scots female footballers who are Iceland's very own Tartan Army". Daily Record. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  6. "Michelle Barr Bio". Dartmouth Sports. 12 May 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  7. Will Lowry (6 January 2011). "Returning home, Hind steps down as women's soccer coach". The Dartmouth. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  8. Alan Campbell (16 March 2013). "Rangers women hope change is for the better this term". The Herald. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  9. "Staff". Old Dominion University. Retrieved 17 December 2022.


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