&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Stephen_Hart_2021.jpg) Hart in 2021 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Simon Hart | ||
| Date of birth | 15 March 1960 | ||
| Place of birth | San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1979 | San Fernando Hurricanes | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1985 | Saint Mary's Huskies | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1980 | Texaco | ||
| 1981 | Halifax Privateers | ||
| 1982 | San Fernando Strikers | ||
| 1983–1988 | King of Donair | ||
| 1988–1989 | Americas | ||
| International career | |||
| 1980 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1988–1989 | King of Donair (player-coach) | ||
| 1993–2001 | King of Donair | ||
| 1997–1999 | Saint Mary's Huskies women | ||
| 1997 | Canada U23 (assistant) | ||
| 2000–2001 | Canada U17 (assistant) | ||
| 2002 | Canada U20 | ||
| 2002–2007 | Canada U17 | ||
| 2005–2006 | Canada (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Canada (interim) | ||
| 2007–2008 | Canada (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Canada (interim) | ||
| 2009–2012 | Canada | ||
| 2013–2016 | Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| 2018–2022 | HFX Wanderers | ||
| 2024– | Portland Thorns (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stephen Simon Hart (born 15 March 1960) is a Trinidadian football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of the Portland Thorns of the National Women's Soccer League.
As a player, Hart began his career with the San Fernando Hurricanes before joining Professional Football League club Texaco in 1979. Leaving Trinidad and Tobago for Canada to study at Saint Mary's University, he represented the university team as well as the Halifax Privateers. Hart joined the San Fernando Strikers briefly before six years with King of Donair. He ended his playing career with Americas.
As a coach, Hart first took over at King of Donair as a player-manager in 1988. He returned to Saint Mary's University as coach of the Huskies women's team, before becoming technical director of Soccer Nova Scotia. Between 2004 and 2012, Hart undertook several roles with the Canadian Soccer Association from under-17 to senior level. In December 2009, he was named head coach of the Canadian national team, and in June 2013 took charge of the Trinidad and Tobago national team. In June 2018, he was named the inaugural head coach of HFX Wanderers FC of the Canadian Premier League. On 13 October 2022 it was announced that the Wanderers had parted ways with Hart.