Sentence examples for had a playing from inspiring English sources
TORONTO RAPTORS Head coach - Dwayne Casey: The defence-first coach never had a playing career, instead beginning his coaching as a 13-year-old amateur.
Schuerholz is not available to play second base for the Braves because he's 60 years old and baseball has never had a playing general manager.
Don Revie had a playing career of more than 400 games at clubs including Manchester City and Leeds United and he won six England caps.
Yeovil, meanwhile, had a playing budget of around £800,000 last term, and were favourites for relegation, but defied the odds to beat Brentford 2-1 at Wembley and secure a place in the Championship for the first time.
Shiels, meanwhile, had a playing career back in his homeland with, among others, Bridgend United, Distillery and Harland & Wolff Welders before moving into management with former clubs Tobermore United, Carrick Rangers, Coleraine, Ballymena United and Larne then leading Northern Ireland's Under-17s.
"Well the regions are finding it difficult to keep players with a playing budget of £3.5m… the Scarlets played against Brive last week, who had a playing budget of 14m Euros so how realistic this plan is, how real it is is to be seen.
