Michelle Barr (born 19 October 1978) is a

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and former player who is the head coach of Old Dominion Monarchs college soccer team. She formerly played in the Scottish Women's Premier League for both Celtic and

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. She has previously played professionally in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild and has been capped for the Scotland women's national team on 87 occasions.

Career

In 1999, Barr won the first Scottish Sports Aid Foundation award for women's football, £500. As a player, she has won every domestic honour in the Scottish women's game and was a runner-up in the English FA Women's Cup Final in 2002 with

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. Barr made her debut for the Scotland women's national team in 1996 against the Republic of Ireland and went on to win 87 caps, scoring once. She played professionally in Iceland for ÍBV between 2001 and 2004, becoming club captain. She joined the coaching staff at Dartmouth College as a volunteer assistant in 2005, becoming assistant coach to

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the following season. Barr and Hind both left Dartmouth in December 2010. Barr was employed by the

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as National Youth Support Programme Manager for Girls/Women's football and is also assistant coach of the national Under-15 Girls team. She joined

for the

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season. In May 2014 she became head coach of the Old Dominion Monarchs, based in

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Michelle Barr
Celtic FC profile
Michelle Barr
Rangers FC profile * 1978 births Living people Scottish women's footballers Scotland women's international footballers FA Women's National League players Sportspeople from Lanark Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C. players Leeds United Women F.C. players Celtic F.C. Women players Footballers from South Lanarkshire F.C. Kilmarnock Ladies players Women's association football central defenders Scottish Women's Premier League players Rangers W.F.C. players Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Iceland Scottish expatriate women's footballers Expatriate women's footballers in Iceland Expatriate women's soccer players in the United States Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the United States USL W-League (1995–2015) players Michelle Barr Dartmouth Big Green women's soccer coaches Scottish football managers Female association football managers Old Dominion University faculty Boston Renegades players {{Scotland-footy-defender-1970s-stub