# Gavin Beith

Gavin Beith (born 7 October 1981) is a Scottish football coach and former player, who played as a midfielder. He is currently co-assistant coach of Scottish Women's Premier League team Hearts Women, having previously been head coach of Aberdeen Women and Dundee United Women.
As a player, he began his career with Dundee, from where he was loaned to East Fife and Peterhead. He later played for Brechin City, Arbroath, East Fife again, Forfar Athletic and Carnoustie Panmure.

## Early life

Beith was born in Dundee on 7 October 1981. He grew up supporting Rangers F.C. He left school at the age of 16 and signed for Dundee F.C. as a professional.

## Playing career

During his youth career at Dundee, Beith played for the club in the Scottish Youth Cup final. He made a few first team appearances and spent time on loan to East Fife and Peterhead. In November 2003, Beith was one of the players whose contracts were cancelled when Dundee entered administration. He went on to have spells as a part-time footballer with Brechin City, Arbroath, East Fife, Forfar Athletic and junior club Carnoustie Panmure before retiring from playing in 2011.

## Coaching career

Beith entered football coaching, obtaining UEFA B Licence and Scottish Football Association (SFA) Advanced Youth Licence qualifications. He began his coaching career at Arbroath, where he was appointed youth coach in 2009, before working as a Player and Coach Development Officer at the SFA East Region office in Dundee.
In June 2015, Beith was appointed as the first head coach of Dundee United's newly formed women's team. During six years at the club, he won the Scottish Women's Football League (SWFL) Division 2 East and the SWFL Second Division Cup in his first season, then promotion from SWFL Division 1 North in 2018. He stepped down in July 2021, having narrowly missed out on promotion to the top flight of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) in the 2020–21 season.
In September 2021, Beith joined Aberdeen Women, newly promoted to the top division of the SWPL, as joint co-manager alongside Emma Hunter. He has also assisted Pauline MacDonald with coaching the Scotland women's under-17 team.
In January 2023, Beith was appointed assistant coach at Hearts Women, working alongside Sean Burt and first-team manager Eva Olid.

## Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :
| Club | Season | League | League | League | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Europe | Europe | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Dundee | 1999–2000 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee | 2000–01 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| East Fife (loan) | 2000–01 | Third Division | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Dundee | 2001–02 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 5 | 0 |
| Dundee | 2002–03 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 |
| Dundee | 2003–04 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| Dundee | Total | Total | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Peterhead (loan) | 2003–04 | Third Division | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 |
| Brechin City | 2003–04 | First Division | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| Arbroath | 2004–05 | Second Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| East Fife | 2004–05 | Third Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 |
| East Fife | 2005–06 | Third Division | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 |
| East Fife | Total | Total | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 2 |
| Forfar Athletic | 2006–07 | Second Division | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
| Forfar Athletic | 2007–08 | Third Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| Forfar Athletic | Total | Total | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 90 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 102 | 6 |
* ↑ Includes UEFA Cup and UEFA Intertoto Cup
* ↑ Includes Scottish Challenge Cup