Warren Gatland

Warren Gatland
CBE
	Gatland in March 2012
Birth name	Warren David Gatland
Date of birth	17 September 1963 (age 61)
Place of birth	Hamilton, New Zealand
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[citation needed]
Weight	95 kg (14 st 13 lb; 209 lb)[citation needed]
School	Hamilton Boys' High School
University	University of Waikato
Notable relative(s)	Bryn Gatland (son)
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Hooker
Provincial / State sides
Years	Team
1986–1994	Waikato
International career
Years	Team
1988–1991	New Zealand
Coaching career
Years	Team
1989–1994	Galwegians RFC
1994–1996	Thames Valley (assistant)
1996–1998	Connacht
1998–2001	Ireland
2002–2005	London Wasps
2005–2007	Waikato
2006–2007	Chiefs (technical advisor)
2007–2019	Wales
2009	British & Irish Lions (assistant)
2013–2021	British & Irish Lions
2020–2021	Chiefs
2021–2022	Chiefs (director of rugby)
2022–	Wales

Warren David Gatland CBE (born 17 September 1963) is a New Zealand rugby union coach and former player who is the head coach of the Wales national team.

As head coach of Wales from 2007 to 2019, he won four Six Nations titles, including three Grand Slams, and reached the semi-finals of the 2011 and 2019 Rugby World Cups. Gatland was also head coach of the British & Irish Lions on three tours, to Australia in 2013, when they won the Test series 2–1; New Zealand in 2017, when the series was drawn; and South Africa in 2021, losing the series 2–1.

He has previously coached Connacht, Ireland, London Wasps, where he won three Premierships and the Heineken Cup, and Waikato, with whom he won the Air New Zealand Cup. He has also coached Chiefs between 2020 and 2022 before returning to Wales in December 2022.

As a player, he played as a hooker and was one of Waikato's longest-serving players, playing 140 games for the province – a record at the time.