Pat Howard

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Pat Howard

Birth name	Patrick William Howard
Date of birth	(1973-11-14)14 November 1973
Place of birth	Sydney,Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
School	Marist College Ashgrove
University	University of Queensland
Notable relative(s)	Jake Howard(Father) Cyril Towers(Grandfather)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre,Fly-half Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 19??–1996 Queensland Reds () 1996–1998 ACT Brumbies () 1998–2001 Leicester Tigers 92 () 2001–2002 ACT Brumbies () 2002–2004 Montferrand 22 () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1993–1997 Australia 20 (10) Coaching career Years Team 2005–2007 Leicester Tigers

Patrick William Howard(born 14 November 1973) is an ex-head coach atLeicester Tigersand a former Australianrugby unioninternational who playedcentreorfly-half.He was the General Manager, Team Performance – for theAustralia national cricket team.

He was born in Sydney. His fatherJake Howardplayed prop forAustraliaand his grandfatherCyril Towersalso played centre for theWallabies.

Early life

He attendedMarist College Ashgrove,Brisbane where he played 1st XV Rugby. He started his career playing for theUniversity of QueenslandFootball club. Studying pharmacy at the university he was a recipient of a University of Queensland Sporting Scholarship.

Playing & Coaching career

Howard started his career in the amateur era playing for theQueensland Redswhile at Queensland University, he made his international debut forAustraliaon 17 July 1993 againstNew ZealandatCarisbrook,Dunedin.In 1996 Howard signed for theACT Brumbiesin the inauguralSuper 12season. Howard made the last of his 20 test appearances on 22 November 1997 againstScotlandatMurrayfield.

In 1998 he signed forLeicester Tigers,displacingWill Greenwood,who was forced to return toHarlequinsfor first team rugby. Howard became a pivotal part of theTigers'championshipwinning side. Howard started the victorious2001 Heineken Cup Finalfor Leicester.

After the departure ofJoel Stranskyin 2000, he was appointed as theTigers'backscoach, however he had his sights set on regaining aWallabyjersey ahead of the2003 World Cupso rejoined theBrumbiesin 2001, swapping his playing position withRod Kafer.He was unable to make the squad for the World Cup and returned to Europe, playing for French sideMontferrandfor one season in 2003/04.

After retiring as a player at the end of the season in 2004, Howard returned to Leicester Tigers, once again becomingbackscoach. In 2005 he was appointed as head coach succeedingJohn Wells.

He guided Tigers to theGuinness PremiershipandEDF Energy Cupfinals in 2007, winning the domestic double. They also made the final of theHeineken Cupbut were denied an historic treble – succumbing toWasps25–9.

On 28 December 2006, he announced he would resign as coach of the Tigers at the end of the 2006/7 season.Marcelo Loffredawas named Howard's successor, who took up his new role after the2007 Rugby World Cup.

Cricket management career

Howard returned to his native Australia to manage his family's pharmaceutical company, however quickly became general manager of the Australian Rugby Union's high performance unit.He also worked as Chief Operations Officer atCromwell Property Groupprior to his move to rugby management.

On 13 October 2011, he was announced as the General Manager, Team Performance – for the Australian Cricket Team.This role, created to focus solely on team performance, was one of the key recommendations of the Don Argus led Australian Team Performance Review adopted byCricket Australia's Board in August.

Howard has received some criticism for this role.Shane Warnesaid in 2013,Cricket Australiashould "please put current cricket people in charge to run the game, select teams, not ex rugby or any other sports people" and called Howard a "muppet".

In March 2013, following being temporarily dropped from the national teamShane Watsonsaid Howard had not been involved in cricket long enough to pass comment on his commitment to the Australian team.

External links

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