Gavin Strachan

Coaching Sessions

Defending as a back four

Defending

Get your back four working as a unit. This session helps players to recognise defensive triggers and identify when to move backwards, forwards and sideways.

Biography

Gavin started his playing career at Coventry City under his father, Gordon Strachan. He turned out for Dundee, Peterborough United, Hartlepool and Notts County, before returning to Peterborough in 2011, where he served as youth team coach before his promotion to first team coach in 2014. After a spell in non-league football as the manager of Ilkeston, Strachan joined Doncaster Rovers as assistant manager to Darren Ferguson, a position he held until summer 2018. He subsequently worked alongside Ferguson at Peterborough before becoming first team coach at Celtic in June 2020.

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Gavin Strachan

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Defending as a back four

Biography

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