The Houston Dash have hired Fabrice Gautrat as the team’s new head coach, multiple sources confirmed to The Equalizer.
Gautrat previously served as assistant coach for the North Carolina Courage and Chicago Red Stars. He will become the sixth full-time head coach in Dash history but the seventh person in charge of the team, including interim coaches, since the start of the 2022 season.
The 37-year-old Gautrat is the husband of Morgan Gautrat (née Brian), a two-time World Cup winner and currently a midfielder for National Women’s Soccer League champions Orlando Pride.
A spokesperson for the Dash declined to comment.
Houston also hired former Angel City FC general manager Angela Hucles Mangano in early December as the team’s new president of women’s soccer.
Gautrat was an assistant coach in Chicago in 2022 before becoming an assistant with the Courage ahead of the 2023 season. He was on North Carolina’s staff for back-to-back playoff appearances and a 2023 Challenge Cup triumph.
Gautrat had a brief professional playing career before…
