Christophe Urios

Christophe Urios (born 20 December 1965) is a French rugby union player and coach. He is currently the head coach of Top 14 club ASM Clermont Auvergne.

Christophe Urios

Urios in 2015
Birth name	Christophe Urios
Date of birth	(1965-12-20) 20 December 1965 (age 59)
Place of birth	Montpellier, France
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) AS Olonzac () 1985–1990 Carcassonne () 1990–1999 Castres () Coaching career Years Team 2002–2005 Castres 2005–2007 Bourgoin-Jallieu 2007–2015 Oyonnax 2015–2019 Castres 2019–2022 Bordeaux Bègles 2023– Clermont

Rugby career

Coaching

In 2015, he arrived at Castres Olympique as sports director.^[1] He qualified Castres to the play-offs in his first season.^[2] In his third season at the head of Castres, he led his team to sixth place in the regular phase of the championship then eliminated Stade Toulousain in the play-offs and Racing 92 in the semi-finals. Castres became champions of France by beating Montpellier in the final, the favorites, by the score of 29 to 13.^[3]

In July 2018, Castres Olympique announced that Christophe Urios would leave the club at the end of the 2018–19 season. In November 2018, Union Bordeaux Bègles announced in turn that he would be the club's new manager from June 2019.^[4]