| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Brabin[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 December 1970[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England[3] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder; centre back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Oldham Athletic (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stockport County | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | Stockport County | 2 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Gateshead (loan) | ||
| 1991 | Gateshead | ||
| 1991–1994 | Runcorn | ||
| 1994–1996 | Doncaster Rovers | 59 | (11) |
| 1996 | Bury | 5 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Blackpool | 63 | (5) |
| 1998–1999 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Hull City | 95 | (9) |
| 2001 | Boston United | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Torquay United | 6 | (0) |
| 2002 | Chester City | 16 | (3) |
| 2002–2004 | Total Network Solutions | 48 | (7) |
| 2005–2006 | Halifax Town | 4 | (1) |
| 2006 | Southport | 14 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Burscough | 12 | (3) |
| 2007–2008 | The New Saints | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 331 | (39) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | England C | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008 | Southport | ||
| 2008–2009 | Cambridge United | ||
| 2011–2012 | Luton Town | ||
| 2014–2015 | Southport | ||
| 2015–2016 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gary Brabin (born 9 December 1970) is an English former professional footballer, coach and manager who is the assistant manager at National League club Oldham Athletic and the sporting director at Cymru Premier club The New Saints.
A midfielder with a 12-year career in the English Football League, he represented Stockport County, Doncaster Rovers, Bury, Blackpool, Lincoln City, Hull City and Torquay United. He also played non-League football for Gateshead, Runcorn, Boston United, Chester City, Halifax Town, Southport and Burscough, and also played in the Welsh Premier League for Total Network Solutions / The New Saints. He was named Chester City's Player of the Year in 2001–02, winning three caps for the England C team.
He later went into coaching, firstly with Burscough and The New Saints, before he was appointed manager at Southport in April 2008. Two months later, he went on to be named as Cambridge United manager, and despite being named as Conference Premier Manager of the Year for 2008–09, was sacked in July 2009. He later scouted for and coached at Luton Town before he was promoted to first-team manager in March 2011. He led the club to the Conference play-off final two months later, which ended in defeat, and he was sacked in March 2012. He returned to Southport as manager in October 2014 before again leaving the club three months later to work as a coach at Everton. He was appointed manager at Tranmere Rovers in May 2015 before being sacked in September 2016. He joined Port Vale as a coach in October 2017 and was appointed assistant manager at Blackpool 11 months later. In June 2019, he returned to Luton Town as the club's assistant manager for the 2019–20 season. He went on to work in the backroom staff at The New Saints and Oldham Athletic.