Ian McGeechan
McGeechan in 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 October 1946 Headingley, Leeds, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| University | Carnegie Physical Training College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Teacher Director of rugby, Head coach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Ian Robert McGeechan, OBE (born 30 October 1946) is a Scottish rugby union coach and former player.
Born in Leeds, McGeechan represented Headingley as his only club during a 15-year club career. Qualifying for Scotland through his father, he played 32 times for Scotland over 7 years and won 8 caps on two tours for the British & Irish Lions. During his playing career he worked as a teacher.
After retiring from playing McGeechan began coaching. In a career spanning 26 years he coached the most recent Scottish side to win a Grand Slam in the 1990 Five Nations Championship, and won Premiership Rugby & the European Cup with London Wasps in 2008 and 2007. He was head coach on four tours for the British & Irish Lions from 1989 to 2009 and was an assistant to the 2005 tour.