Steven Thomas McGarry (born 28 September 1979) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player. He is the current head coach of Thai League 2 club Nakhon Si United. He started coaching as assistant at A-League Men side Perth Glory, the club McGarry last played for.
McGarry is on the Scotland U21s youngest scorer list, scoring in the 1997 Toulon Tournament against the USA, aged 17 years and 241 days. In March 2018, McGarry was one of four former St Mirren F.C. players voted by supporters to have a street named in his honour â McGarry Terrace â following a public competition run by Renfrewshire Council.
McGarry previously played for St Mirren and Ross County in Scottish Premier League and also had a loan spell at Boston United in England. He also played for Motherwell between 2006 and 2010.
McGarry moved to Australian team Perth Glory during the 2010 January transfer window. On 9 May 2012, he signed a one-year contract extension with the club.
In 2013 McGarry was crowned the Most Glorious Player (MGP), while also picking up the players' player of the year award and the goal of the year prize for his stunning strike in a 1âÂÂ0 victory over Brisbane Roar in December.
Post playing career in 2015, McGarry transitioned into coaching Perth Glory's NYL & NPL U20s squads. McGarry rejoined the club in 2018 to take up the position of academy technical director & NPL U18s head coach.
In 2016 he accepted a position at NPL team ECU Joondalup to return to playing, while also taking up the 1st team assistant & technical director roles. While still at ECU Joondalup, McGarry was appointed assistant coach to Chris Coyne for the Western Australia state team.
In October 2017, McGarry joined the inaugural Croc Media Expert commentary team. He was expert commentator for the blockbuster clash between English Giants Manchester United & Leeds United at Optus Stadium during their tour of Australia in 2019.
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