| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Brooks Craig[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1950-11-21)21 November 1950 (age 74) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1968 | Aberdeen | 45 | (8) |
| 1968–1974 | Sheffield Wednesday | 214 | (38) |
| 1974–1977 | Newcastle United | 124 | (22) |
| 1977–1979 | Aston Villa | 27 | (2) |
| 1979–1981 | Swansea City | 52 | (9) |
| 1981–1984 | Carlisle United | 98 | (10) |
| 1984–1985 | Hibernian | 11 | (0) |
| Total | 571 | (89) | |
| International career | |||
| 1976 | Scotland | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1993–1998 | Scotland U21 | ||
| 2009–2010 | Charleroi | ||
| 2014 | St Mirren | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Thomas Brooks Craig (born 21 November 1950) is a Scottish formerfootball player andcoach. Craig had an 18-year playing career as amidfielder, playing over 100 league games for English clubsSheffield Wednesday andNewcastle United. Towards the end of his playing career he became a coach, and he has worked for clubs includingHibernian,Celtic,Aberdeen, Newcastle andSt Mirren.
Craig was born inGlasgow. Amidfielder, he started his playing career atAberdeen. In 1969Sheffield Wednesday paid £100,000 for his services, a club record transfer fee at the time, as well as a British record for a teenager. Craig scored 37 league goals for Wednesday, including many from the penalty spot. During his time at the club, Wednesday were relegated from the top flight following Craig's first full season, and they continued to struggle inDivision Two, finally being relegated again shortly after he left forNewcastle United in 1974. While at the club, Craig was the fan favourite and was described as "an adopted Geordie".[2]
After leaving Newcastle he went on to joinRon Saunders' Aston Villa, however, his stay was short lived as Saunders was clearing the decks in order to turn Villa into the Championship and European Cup winning force of the early 1980s. He subsequently moved on toSwansea City,Carlisle United andHibernian before becoming a coach.
Craig wascapped once byScotland, againstSwitzerland in 1976.
After retiring as a player, Craig was made assistant manager toJohn Blackley atHibernian, before briefly taking over as caretaker manager upon Blackley's departure. He was thenBilly McNeill's assistant manager atCeltic, where they won thechampionship intheir centenary year. A spell atAberdeen as assistant toRoy Aitken followed, before he took up the coaching role ofScotland's Under-21 team.
Craig spent time as a first teamcoach ofNewcastle United, until he was released in September 2006.[3] While at Newcastle United, Craig stated he learned coaching development under the first team managers during his seven years as a coach.[2] He was then chosen byJohn Collins to be his assistant at Hibernian. Following Collins' resignation, Craig acted as the caretaker manager of Hibernian for the second time. He left the club after four games, following the appointment ofMixu Paatelainen as manager.[4] Craig joinedCharleroi as assistant coach to Collins in December 2008.[5] On 20 November 2009, he was appointed as head coach on a one-and-a-half-year contract.[6] Despite this contract, Craig was sacked on 14 April 2010.[7][8]
St Mirren managerDanny Lennon appointed Craig as first team coach on 22 July 2011.[9] Craig was part of the coaching team that won the2012–13 Scottish League Cup with St Mirren.[10] On 13 May 2014 Craig was appointed as St Mirren manager, following the departure of Lennon.[10] Immediately after taking the job, Craig included two players on his coaching team,Jim Goodwin andGary Teale.[10] Craig was sacked in December 2014, after 19 matches in charge.[11] St Mirren were joint bottom of theScottish Premiership and lost 4–0 to Inverness in the Scottish Cup.[11][12]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Scotland U21 |  | 1993 | 1998 | |||||
| Charleroi |  | 2009 | 2010 | 19 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10.53 |
| St Mirren | | 2014 | 2014 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15.79 |
