The Football Coaching Life Podcast
Sports:Soccer
Ernie Merrick is well known in Australian football circles. His most recent coaching role was Head Coach of A-League side the Newcastle Jets, and he has also coached the Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Victory in the A-League, where he had great on-field success in terms of both results and developing players.
Ernie also had a short stint as the Coach of the Hong Kong National Team.
Prior to his A League experiences Ernie played at Frankston City, coached and played at Doveton, and was assistant coach at Frankston Pines in the Victorian State Premier League.
He moved on from the Victorian competitions to the National Soccer League and coached at Preston Lions and Sunshine George Cross.
He was then appointed as the inaugural Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS) Head Coach, where he helped to develop players for the Australian Junior National teams, including Josh Kennedy, Scott McDonald, Matthew Spiranovic, Eugene Galekovic, Paul Giannou, Con Blatsis, Danny Allsopp, Leigh Broxham, Adrian Leijer, Roddy & Andy Vargas, Jimmy Jeggo, Simon Colosimo and Vince Grella – to name a few!
Perhaps most well remembered as the hugely successful inaugural Coach at Melbourne Victory, where he helped build one of the A-League's benchmark clubs from the ground up. During his time at Melbourne Victory from 2005 to 2011, he won the Championship in 2006-2007 and 2008-2009, the Premiership in 2006-2007 and 2008-2009 and the Pre-Season Cup in 2008-2009 completing the treble.
Ernie’s teams have always had a focus on attacking and scoring goals and indeed his record shows this.
Enjoy this journey into Ernie Merrick’s Football Coaching Life.
The Football Coaching Life: Ante Juric
The Football Coaching Life: Ufuk Talay
The Football Coaching Life: Trevor Morgan
The Football Coaching Life: Kenny Lowe
The Football Coaching Life: Kevin Muscat
The Football Coaching Life: Aurelio Vidmar
The Football Coaching Life: Leah Blayney
The Football Coaching Life: Alen Stajcic
The Football Coaching Life: Michael Valkanis
The Football Coaching Life: Belinda Wilson
The Football Coaching Life: Patrick Kisnorbo
The Football Coaching Life: Steve Corica
The Football Coaching Life: Ash Wilson
The Football Coaching Life: Phil Moss
The Football Coaching Life: Jeff Hopkins
The Football Coaching Life: Dr Craig Duncan
The Football Coaching Life: Gary Cole with Heather Garriock
The Football Coaching Life: Catherine Cannuli
The Football Coaching Life: John Aloisi
The Football Coaching Life: Zeljko Kalac
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
The 50/50 Podcast
Football Weekly
The Women’s Game
ESPN FC
Men In Blazers