Howard Walker, Staff Reporter
Barrington Gaynor
Barrington 'Cobra' Gaynor has taken over the coaching reins at National Premier League champion club, Waterhouse.
Gaynor, 40, fills the position left vacant by winning coach, Wayne Fairclough, who resigned at the end of last season. Peter Hibbert, president of Waterhouse, confirmed to The Gleaner that "we have contracted Barrington Gaynor".
Said Hibbert, "Cobra is highly qualified academically and coaching-wise, having studied in the U.S. and being a player of the national programme.
"In terms of selection, we didn't have a lot of applicants. There are a lot of names that were thrown around, but I go by the paper work," added Hibbert.
Coaching course
Hibbert, who has been lamenting the lack of quality coaches in the island, revealed that Gaynor will be sent on a coaching course in England by the club.
"He is going away on the 12th of August to September 9, which is on the eve of the start of the competition. He is going away to do a European Coaching Licence, which in our vision will only bring about more value to the club," said Hibbert.
Gaynor, a former Camperdown High and Jamaica full back, has had a decent start to his coaching career having coached his alma mater in
the schoolboys Manning Cup competition.
He led Bull Bay to the Super League final, losing to Boys' Town, which eventually went on to qualify for the Premier League. He then joined the Harbour View coaching staff as assistant coach to Donovan Hayles. While Donovan Hayles got all the stick for Harbour View's demise last season, Gaynor was very much a part of the decision-making and will now coach the team that brought Harbour View so much heartache last season. Gaynor told The Gleaner he will be relishing the challenge of coaching a team whose fans can be very harsh at times.
"It will be a great challenge. They are the defending champions and that makes it hard. Once you are on top everybody is gunning for your head," noted Gaynor.
"One thing I am sure of is that the fans like winning, that's the only way you can stay on top and that's by keep on winning. You can't win all the time, but if you win most of the times, that will keep the fans happy," he theorised.
He continued, "Hopefully I can bring a level of professionalism because I think it is sadly lacking in Jamaica. If the players buy into it, then fine."
