Hue Menzies

Biography

Hue Alphanso Menzies (born 10 March 1964) is a football manager and former player. Menzies is most well known for leading the Jamaica women's national team to the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup as its head coach and technical director, which was the first time a Caribbean nation had qualified for the FIFA Women's World Cup. In August 2022, Menzies was appointed as the interim head coach of National Women's Soccer League club NJ/NY Gotham FC for the remainder of the 2022 season, making him the first Black head coach in NWSL history. In addition to his international and professional coaching career, he serves as a board member for US Club Soccer and the executive director of the Florida Kraze Krush youth development club. Menzies was inducted into the United States Black Coaches Soccer Hall of Fame in 2023, followed by his induction into the Hardin–Simmons University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2024.

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