Gregory Stephen Abbott (born 14 December 1963) is an English football coach and former player who is the head of recruitment of Carlisle United. He played as a right back or midfielder. Abbott was the manager of Carlisle United from December 2008 until September 2013. Born in Coventry, Abbott started his career with his hometown team Coventry City. He was released without playing a game but recommended to Bradford City, where he won the Division Three title in the 1984–85 season and went on to play more than 300 games. He had spells with Halifax Town and non-league Guiseley before he returned to The Football League with former manager Terry Dolan at Hull City. He spent four seasons with Hull playing another 100 games to take his career total to in excess of 500 first team matches. After retiring, he went into coaching. He spent a decade at Leeds United coaching a number of junior and reserve sides, before he was appointed assistant manager of Carlisle United in 2006. He spent a brief spell as caretaker manager in 2007. He was given the job full-time in December 2008, after the dismissal of John Ward.

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Gregory Stephen Abbott (born 14 December 1963) is an English football coach and former player who is the head of recruitment of Carlisle United.

Not who you're looking for? Others named Greg Abbott: Governor of Texas since 2015

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“I'm EMBARRASSED: Texas #2 in nation for new gun purchases, behind CALIFORNIA. Let's pick up the pace Texans. @NRA”
— Tweet (October 28, 2015), as cited in "Did Gov. Greg Abbott Urge Texans To 'Pick Up the Pace' in Acquiring Guns?" Snopes (May 25, 2022).
“The situation happening in New York is far different than what is happening in Texas and other places. For example, there will be unfortunately, more people who pass away in one day in New York than we will have in Texas in the entirety of this whole pandemic situation.”
— FOX News Interview (April 18, 2020)
“Why do we audit everything in this world, but people raised their hands in concern when we audit elections, which is fundamental to our democracy?”
— Interview with Fox News according to ‘Mad Dash’: Trump’s demand for a Texas ‘audit’ caught Gov. Abbott off guard (September 26, 2021)
“COVID-19 vaccines are strongly encouraged for those eligible to receive one, but must always be voluntary for Texans.”
— "Texas governor bans COVID-19 vaccine mandate by any 'entity'" (October 12, 2021)
“People need to understand that in the aftermath of the Santa Fe shootings, I signed 17 laws to address school safety.”
— Comments at a news conference (May 25, 2022), cited in "Weakened gun laws put Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on the defensive" The Washington Post (May 25, 2022)
“I've announced a $50K reward for info on the criminal who killed 5 illegal immigrants Friday.”
— Tweet (April 30, 2023) about the victims in the 2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting as cited in "Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Sparks Outrage After Referring to Mass Shooting Victims as 'Illegal Immigrants'" People (May 1, 2023).

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