Recently I've compiled a list of guys I would consider interviewing for a head coaching job if I was in charge of an MLS team. It is meant to be a wide but thin overview of head coaches and I'll add any suggestions. The list is broken down into four sections:
- MLS 1.0 guys: guys who had success in MLS 1.0 and now are assistants / recently out or work
- MLS 3.0 guys: young assistants and college coaches who could follow the recent trend of Gregg Berhalter, Jesse Marsch, and Caleb Porter
- Internationals: coaches from abroad with considerable success
- MLS 3.0 Internationals: young international coaches with experience in MLS/the U.S..
Performance data is taken from transfermarkt, ages are as of July 27, 2016
MLS 1.0:
| Coach | Wiki | Transfermarkt | W% | D% | L% | PPG | Age |
|---|
| Dave Sarachan | Link | Link | 42.3 | 21.5 | 36.2 | 1.48 | 62 |
| Denis Hamlett | Link | Link | 39.5 | 28.9 | 31.6 | 1.47 | 47 |
| Sigi Schmid | Link | Link | 45.4 | 21.8 | 32.9 | 1.58 | 63 |
Hamlett coached the Fire in 2008 and 2009, reaching the Eastern Conference Final in both years, but was fired. Despite his younger age, he was placed in the 1.0 category because he hasn't held a head coaching role in MLS since 2009.
MLS 3.0:
Most of these guys are assistants so they don't have records to show. The bottom four sans Perez are all college coaches. Hugo Perez doesn't really fit into this category but fits better with MLS 3.0 than any of the other categories.
International:
| Coach | Wiki | Transfermarkt | W% | D% | L% | PPG | Age |
|---|
| Gus Poyet | Link | Link | 43.8 | 28.6 | 27.6 | 1.60 | 48 |
| Paul Sturrock | Link | Link | 38.0 | 24.9 | 37.1 | 1.39 | 59 |
| Paul Clement | Link | Link | 42.4 | 36.4 | 21.2 | 1.64 | 44 |
| Steve Cotterill | Link | Link | 37.5 | 27.7 | 34.8 | 1.40 | 52 |
| Martín Lasarte | Link | Link | 45.0 | 20.4 | 34.6 | 1.56 | 55 |
| José Luis Sierra | Link | Link | 47.3 | 22.2 | 30.5 | 1.64 | 47 |
| Reinaldo Rueda | Link | Link | 52.0 | 20.0 | 28.0 | 1.76 | 59 |
| Giorgos Donis | Link | Link | 47.2 | 27.1 | 25.6 | 1.69 | 46 |
I really have no experience with rating international managers, but over the years I've kept track of names that interested me. Paul Sturrock caught my eye with
this feature on him in 2012. Paul Clement, one of Carlo Anclotti's trusted assistants taking a job at Derby County in 2015 also opens the door for an MLS team.
MLS 3.0 International:
| Coach | Wiki | Transfermarkt | W% | D% | L% | PPG | Age |
|---|
| Simo Valakari | Link | Link | 55.9 | 18.2 | 25.9 | 1.86 | 43 |
| Guillermo Barros Schelotto | Link | Link | 44.3 | 30.6 | 25.1 | 1.63 | 43 |
| Eduardo Coudet | Link | Link | 49.1 | 30.9 | 20.0 | 1.78 | 41 |
| Marcello Gallardo | Link | Link | 49.7 | 48.3 | 22.1 | 1.77 | 40 |
| Steve Cherundolo | Link | Link | 33.3 | 0.0 | 66.7 | 1.00 | 37 |
| David Wagner | Link | Link | 34.5 | 27.7 | 37.9 | 1.31 | 44 |
Valakari took over Finnish club SJK in 2012. For context, SJK were founded in 2007 and were just promoted to Finland's second tier. In his first three years, he achieved promotion, came in second, and won the Finish league, ending HJK's six year streak. Like the other top four, he played in MLS so hopefully he speaks English well.
*Somoano's stats are as of August 2015
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