Gavin Hunt

{{Short description|South African soccer player and manager}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}

{{Use South African English|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gavin Hunt

| image =

| fullname = Gavin John Hunt

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|07|11}}

| death_date =

| birth_place = Cape Town, South Africa

| height =

| currentclub =

| position = Right-back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Rygersdal

| years1 = 1981–1994

| clubs1 = Hellenic

| caps1 = 302

| goals1 = 6

| years2 = 1993

| clubs2 = Cape Town Spurs (loan)

| caps2 = 11

| goals2 = 0

| totalcaps = 313

| totalgoals = 6

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 =

| nationalcaps1 =

| nationalgoals1 =

| manageryears1 = 1995–1998

| manageryears2 = 1998–2001

| manageryears3 = 2001–2002

| manageryears4 = 2002–2007

| manageryears5 = 2007–2013

| manageryears6 = 2013–2020

| manageryears7 = 2020–2021

| manageryears8 = 2021

| manageryears9 = 2022–

| managerclubs1 = Seven Stars

| managerclubs2 = Hellenic

| managerclubs3 = Black Leopards

| managerclubs4 = Moroka Swallows

| managerclubs5 = SuperSport United

| managerclubs6 = Bidvest Wits

| managerclubs7 = Kaizer Chiefs

| managerclubs8 = Chippa United

| managerclubs9 = SuperSport United

}}

Gavin John Hunt (born 11 July 1964) is a South African former football (soccer) player and coach who currently manages Supersport United.{{Cite web|date=7 July 2021|title=Hunt bounces back at Chippa|url=https://supersport.com/football/dstv-premiership/news/210707_Hunt_bounces_back_at_Chippa|access-date=16 July 2021|website=SuperSport}} He previously managed Premier Soccer League club Kaizer Chiefs. On 28 May 2021 Kaizer Chiefs released him from his contract after a string of poor results with the club.{{Cite web|date=28 May 2021|title=Kaizer Chiefs part ways with Gavin Hunt|url=https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/premiership/kaizer-chiefs-part-ways-with-gavin-hunt-2/699934|access-date=28 May 2021|website=Kick Off|archive-date=28 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528154715/https://www.kickoff.com/news/articles/south-africa-news/categories/news/premiership/kaizer-chiefs-part-ways-with-gavin-hunt-2/699934|url-status=dead}}

A nuggety right-back, Hunt spent almost his entire playing career with Hellenic. However, his retirement came soon because of an achilles tendon injury and went straight into coaching.

Hunt's greatest success came at SuperSport United, where he won three consecutive PSL championships from 2007-08 to 2009-10

He previously managed Seven Stars, Hellenic FC, Black Leopards and Moroka Swallows.{{cite news |url=http://www.sufc.co.za/content.aspx?Id=14805 |title=Technical Team |publisher=Supersport United |access-date=3 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100727011653/http://www.sufc.co.za/content.aspx?Id=14805 |archive-date=27 July 2010 }}