Nick Hegarty
{{short description|English footballer and manager (born 1986)}}
{{use British English|date=July 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Nick Hegarty
| image = NickHegartyHCFC.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Hegarty manager of Hume City in 2021.
| fullname = Nicholas Ian Hegarty{{cite book
| editor1-last = Hugman
| editor1-first = Barry J.
| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08
| publisher = Mainstream Publishing
| year = 2007
| page = 183
| isbn = 978-1-84596-246-3 }}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Wakefield, England
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}}
| position = Midfield
| currentclub = Grimsby Town (U16s coach)
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 = 1997–2000
| youthclubs1 = Nottingham Forest
| youthyears2 = 2000–2002
| youthclubs2 = Sheffield Wednesday
| youthyears3 = 2002–2003
| youthclubs3 = Glasshoughton Welfare
| youthyears4 = 2003–2004
| youthclubs4 = Grimsby Town
| years1 = 2004–2010
| clubs1 = Grimsby Town
| caps1 = 105
| goals1 = 9
| years2 = 2005
| clubs2 = → Whitby Town (loan)
| caps2 = 3
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2006
| clubs3 = → Willenhall Town (loan)
| caps3 = 8
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2007
| clubs4 = → York City (loan)
| caps4 = 2
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2010–2011
| clubs5 = St Mirren
| caps5 = 3
| goals5 = 0
| years6 = 2011
| clubs6 = Mansfield Town
| caps6 = 2
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2012–2018
| clubs7 = Hume City
| caps7 = 172
| goals7 = 52
| totalcaps = 295
| totalgoals = 61
| manageryears1 = 2017–2022
| managerclubs1 = Hume City
| club-update = 1 July 2021
}}
Nicholas Ian Hegarty (born 25 June 1986) is an English football manager and former professional footballer, he is an under-16s youth coach at EFL League Two side Grimsby Town.
As a player he was a midfielder who played between 2004 and 2018. He had spells with Grimsby Town, Whitby Town, Willenhall Town, York City, St Mirren and Mansfield Town, finishing his career with Hume City after emigrating to Australia. Following retirement he became manager of Hume and remained with the club for a further five years.
Career
=Grimsby Town=
Born in Wakefield, West Yorkshire,{{cite book
| editor-last = Hugman
| editor-first = Barry J.
| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008–09
| publisher = Mainstream
| year = 2008
| isbn = 978-1-84596-324-8}} Hegarty started his career at Nottingham Forest. and Sheffield Wednesday as a junior before being released. He signed for Grimsby Town in 2001 on youth scholarship deal. He was part of the youth setup managed by former Grimsby and Middlesbrough forward Paul Wilkinson that featured the likes of Cameron Jerome. Hegarty progressed at youth level until towards the end of the 2003–2004 season when he was added to the first team squad soon after the sacking of manager Paul Groves. However, he would have to wait until over a year later until he would make his first team debut, coming on as a late substitute for Andy Parkinson in a 4–1 away victory against Kidderminster Harriers on the final away game of the 2004–05 season. Hegarty continued to be a regular for the reserves in that season and scored a hat-trick in the home match against Lincoln City. Despite a good pre-season for Russell Slade's Town side, he spent most of the 2005–06 season as a fringe player, and was loaned out to Non-League clubs Whitby Town and Willenhall Town. Hegarty was to play a number of games in the 2006–07 season and became more involved in the first team under the tenure of Alan Buckley and his performances would eventually see him awarded a new two-year deal in the summer of 2007.{{cite news
| title = Grimsby pair agree new contracts
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/g/grimsby_town/6567573.stm
| publisher = BBC Sport
| date = 18 April 2007
| accessdate = 22 September 2007}} Despite featuring more often in the first team Buckley placed Hegarty on the loan list and he went on to briefly join York City on a month's loan in September 2007,{{cite news
| title = Hegarty joins Minstermen on loan
| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/y/york_city/6993637.stm
| publisher = BBC Sport
| date = 13 September 2007
| accessdate = 13 September 2007}} however he was to suffer a muscle strain which limited him to making two appearances during this spell.{{cite news
| first = Dave
| last = Flett
| title = Mariners loan star set for York exit
| url = http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/search/display.var.1737982.0.mariners_loan_star_set_for_york_exit.php
| publisher = The Press
| date = 5 October 2007
| accessdate = 28 May 2008}}{{cite news
| title = York 2007/2008 player appearances
| url = http://www.soccerbase.com/squad_season.sd?seasonid=137&teamid=2910
| publisher = Soccerbase
| accessdate = 10 February 2008}} In the 2008–2009 season, Hegarty went on to feature heavily under Mike Newell and was Newell's preferred left winger, except for a two-month period when the club succeeded in loaning Stuart Elliott from Doncaster Rovers. His performances by the end of the 08–09 season had generally improved and his good form drew praise from several opposition managers which coincided with the Mariners' late surge to safety. In 09–10 season under Neil Woods Hegarty struggled to break into the first team, and suffered from several injuries. On 12 May 2010, Hegarty was one of seven players placed on the transfer list by Woods after their relegation from the English Football League.{{cite web|url=http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10417~2050024,00.html |title= 3 Released, 7 Transfer Listed |accessdate=2010-05-13|url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008075751/http://www.grimsby-townfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0%2C%2C10417~2050024%2C00.html|archivedate=8 October 2011}}
=St Mirren=
On 18 August 2010 Hegarty joined St Mirren on trial,{{cite web| url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/football/spl/st-mirren/2010/08/18/st-mirren-hand-trial-to-former-grimsby-man-nick-hegarty-86908-22495538/| title = St Mirren hand trial to former Grimsby man Nick Hegarty - Daily Record| date = 17 August 2010}} Hegarty signed for the club on 31 August 2010, penning a one-year contract.
Hegarty's 3rd Scottish Premier League appearance was brief after leaving the field with a broken ankle.{{cite web |url=http://orange.football365.com/Story/0,17169,8670_6407405,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823193724/http://orange.football365.com/Story/0,17169,8670_6407405,00.html |archive-date=23 August 2011 |title=Latest Scottish Premier Football Club Team News {{!}} Scottish Premier FC Fixtures & Results {{!}} Orange UK}} Following the conclusion of an injury hit season Hegarty was amongst ten players released.{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13397320.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=St Mirren allow 10 to leave club | date=13 May 2011}}
=Mansfield Town=
Upon his release Hegarty trained with Bradford City, before later joining Mansfield Town on trial.{{cite web| url = http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=77287| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121004022855/http://www.nonleaguedaily.com/news/index.php?&newsmode=FULL&nid=77287| url-status = usurped| archive-date = 4 October 2012| title = ► NonLeagueDaily.com {{!}} Non League News and Interviews for 2021}} He later re-joined Mansfield on trial in late October 2011 with a view to once again earning a contract,http://www.chad.co.uk/sport/football/mansfield-town-fc/stags_could_offer_hegarty_a_deal_before_weekend_1_3935714 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}} signing the following day on a two-month deal.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mansfieldtown.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10325~2505986,00.html |title= Hegarty signs until Christmas |access-date=4 November 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805074033/http://www.mansfieldtown.net/page/NewsDetail/0,,10325~2505986,00.html |archive-date=5 August 2012 |url-status=dead }} He made two league appearances for the club before being released in December 2011.
=Hume City=
Nick signed for Hume City for the 2012 season in Australia. In his first season with Hume, Hegarty won the Football Federation Victoria Gold Medal award, given to the best player of the Victorian Premier League.{{cite web|title=Elite Celebrated at Victorian Football's Night of Nights|url=http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/elite-celebrated-at-victorian-footballs-night-of-nights/|website=Football Federation Victoria|accessdate=12 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118094339/http://www.footballfedvic.com.au/elite-celebrated-at-victorian-footballs-night-of-nights/|archive-date=18 January 2017|url-status=dead}} From January 2014, Nick Hegarty was appointed captain of the club.{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16359230.stm | title=Mansfield Town release winger Nick Hegarty | publisher=BBC Sport | accessdate=30 December 2011}} In 2016, Hegarty became just the seventh player to win the Gold Medal a second time. Hegarty polled 38 votes to win by seven from Avondale FC's Massimo Murdocca on 31.
Coaching career
Hegarty became the senior head coach of Hume City late in 2017 after hanging up the boots that same year. Hegarty resigned from Hume on 10 April 2022, following a poor run of results. He was due to leave the club anyway due to an impending move back to the United Kingdom.{{cite web | url=https://northern.starweekly.com.au/sport/hegarty-steps-down-at-hume-city/ | title=Hegarty steps down at Hume City | date=9 April 2022 }}
On 23 July 2022, Hegarty joined Huddersfield Town as a women's team coach.{{cite web | url=https://www.htwfc.co.uk/fc/news-nick-hegarty-joins-huddersfield-town-women-coaching-team/ | title=MEET THE TEAM: Nick Hegarty joins Huddersfield Town Women coaching team | date=23 July 2022 }}
In August 2023, Hegarty announced on his Twitter account that he had returned to Grimsby Town as a youth team coach for the club's under-16's team.{{cite web |last1=Hegarty |first1=Nick |title=Who can I help? What will I learn? ⚫️⚪️⚫️ 🐟🐟🐟 #utm |url=https://twitter.com/nick_heg/status/1693907425324064925 |website=Twitter.com |publisher=Twitter |access-date=22 August 2023}}
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="7"|Grimsby Town
|2004–05{{Soccerbase season|39690|2004|accessdate=16 October 2020}} | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005–06{{Soccerbase season|39690|2005|accessdate=16 October 2020}}
|League Two | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1{{efn|name=FLT|Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy}} | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2006–07{{Soccerbase season|39690|2006|accessdate=16 October 2020}}
|League Two | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 2007–08{{Soccerbase season|39690|2007|accessdate=16 October 2020}}
|League Two | 30 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5{{efn|name=FLT}} | 0 | 37 | 4 |
| 2008–09{{Soccerbase season|39690|2008|accessdate=16 October 2020}}
|League Two | 35 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=FLT}} | 1 | 38 | 5 |
| 2009–10{{Soccerbase season|39690|2009|accessdate=16 October 2020}}
|League Two | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| colspan="2"|Total
|92||8||4||0||2||0||10||1||108||9 | ||||||||||
| Whitby Town (loan)
|2005–06{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} |3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Willenhall Town (loan)
|2005–06{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} |8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| York City (loan) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| St Mirren
|2010–11{{Soccerbase season|39690|2010|accessdate=16 October 2020}} | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mansfield Town
|2011–12{{Soccerbase season|39690|2011|accessdate=16 October 2020}} |Conference Premier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| colspan="3"|Career total
|110||8||4||0||2||0||10||1||126||9 |
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=Managerial statistics=
| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure | ||||
| rowspan=2|Team
!rowspan=2|From !rowspan=2|To !colspan=5|Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| {{abbr|P|Matches played}} | {{abbr|W|Matches won}} | {{abbr|D|Matches drawn}} | {{abbr|L|Matches lost}} | {{abbr|Win %|Win percentage}} |
| align=left|Hume City
|align=left|July 2017 |align=left|April 2022 {{WDL|104|50|21|33|decimals=1}} | ||||
| colspan=3|Total
{{WDLtot|104|50|21|33|decimals=1}} |
Honours
References
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External links
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Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
Category:Footballers from Wakefield
Category:English men's footballers
Category:English expatriate men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wingers
Category:Glasshoughton Welfare A.F.C. players
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. players
Category:Whitby Town F.C. players
Category:Willenhall Town F.C. players
Category:York City F.C. players
Category:St Mirren F.C. players
Category:Mansfield Town F.C. players
Category:Huddersfield Town A.F.C. non-playing staff
Category:Grimsby Town F.C. non-playing staff
Category:English Football League players