Bryan Redpath


Bryan William Redpath is a former Scottish rugby union player and coach.

Early life

Redpath attended Kelso High School in Kelso, Scottish Borders.

Rugby playing career

Before leaving to play professional rugby for Melrose RFC, Racing club de Narbonne Méditerranée in France, and Sale Sharks in England. Redpath won 60 caps for Scotland, captaining the team on a number of occasions. He appeared at three Rugby World Cups in 1999 and 2003.

Coaching career

After retiring from playing, Redpath took on coaching roles. He was the backs' coach at Gloucester Rugby 2005 to 2009 before being promoted to Head Coach in June 2009. He resigned from his Gloucester role in 2012 and joined Sale Sharks. He was confirmed as the Director of Rugby post at Sale Sharks in June 2012. However, on 30 October 2012, Redpath was removed from his position to become Head Coach whilst Steve Diamond became new Director of Rugby. In March 2015, Redpath left Sale and took up the position of Head Coach for RFU Championship side Yorkshire Carnegie.
In January 2017, he announced that at the end of the season he was leaving rugby coaching roles to take up a job outside rugby.