Mark Harrison (footballer)

Mark Harrison
Personal information
Full name Mark Simon Harrison
Date of birth (1960-12-11) 11 December 1960
Place of birth Derby, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1977–1979 Southampton 0 (0)
1979–1982 Port Vale 70 (0)
1981Stoke City (loan) 0 (0)
1982–1984 Stoke City 7 (0)
1984–1985 Hellenic 44 (0)
1985–1987 Kettering Town 42 (0)
1987–1988 Stafford Rangers 50 (0)
1988–1989 Telford United 12 (0)
1989 Hellenic 8 (0)
Total 233 (0)
Managerial career
1994–1995 Stafford Rangers
2000–2001 Bangladesh
2001–2002 Fortune
2002–2003 Hurriya
2010–2011 Mpumalanga Black Aces
2011–2012 African Warriors
2012–2013 Bay Stars
2013 Chippa United
2013–2014 Golden Arrows
2015 CAPS United
2015–2017 Township Rollers
2017–2018 Harare City (technical director)
2018–2019 Harare City
2020–2021 Highlanders
2021–2022 Gor Mahia
2022–2023 Mighty Wanderers (technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Simon Harrison (born 11 December 1960) is an English professional football manager and former footballer.

He was a goalkeeper in the English Football League for Port Vale and Stoke City, and also played non-League football for Hellenic, Kettering Town, Stafford Rangers, and Telford United. He managed Stafford Rangers for a brief spell, and then from 2000, he began coaching clubs and nations in Asia and Africa, including the Bangladesh national team, Fortune, Hurriya, Mpumalanga Black Aces, African Warriors, Bay Stars, Chippa United, Golden Arrows, CAPS United, and Township Rollers. In the 2015–16 season, he led Township Rollers to the Botswana Premier League title and the final of the Mascom Top 8 Cup before he was appointed technical director at South African side Baroka in January 2017. In July 2017, he joined the Zimbabwean Premier Soccer League team Harare City as technical director and was promoted to manager a year later. He was appointed as head coach of Highlanders in January 2020. In August 2021, he was appointed as manager of the Kenyan Premier League team Gor Mahia. He was appointed technical director at Malawi's Mighty Wanderers in September 2022.