Waitakere United have appointed Paul Temple and central defender Brian Shelley as co-coaches for the 2013-14 season. Photo: Shane Wenzlick
Waitakere United have appointed Paul Temple and central defender Brian Shelley as co-coaches for the 2013-14 football season.
The 2012/13 national league minor premiers have moved quickly to replace Paul Marshall, who stepped down last month after declining an "extremely reduced amount'' to oversee the ASB Premiership and O-League campaigns.
Temple was the assistant coach under Marshall last season and has extensive coaching experience, though mostly at age-group level. He began coaching aged 25 and got his big break in 2008 when he coached the New Zealand side in the inaugural Under-17 Women's World Cup held in this country.
Irish centre-back Shelley, who holds a UEFA B coaching license, was a mainstay of the Waitakere defensive line last year and will act as a player-coach.
The 31-year-old was signed by Marshall from the Victorian State League in Australia last year, and boasts UEFA Cup and Champions League experience from his time as a professional in Ireland and England.
