What Radhi Jaidi will bring as Hartford Athletic head coach

Radhi Jaidi was the head coach of Southampton's U-23 team before joining Hartford. (Courtesy of Hartford Athletic)

Editor’s note: This story appears in our Spring 2020 magazine. You can subscribe to the print edition, or digital, here. 

The measure of Radhi Jaidi doesn’t start with his physical stature, even though at 6-foot-4, he has a commanding presence and looks every bit the “man mountain” that his former manager Sam Allardyce once called him.

His experience and foresight explain where he sits right now, as the head coach of Hartford Athletic before the club’s second USL Championship season.