Career
A goalkeeper, Howard made one appearance for Chester in the English Football League Fourth Division during 1965-1966 and also played for Hyde United. He received a diploma in physical education from the Chester College of Education. He moved to Canada and played for the Hamilton Primos of the National Soccer League in 1967, making it to the championship finals before losing to Windsor Teutonia.
Howard then played in the inaugural season of the North American Soccer League for the Detroit Cougars in 1968.
He was acquired from the Lancers by the Toronto Metros in 1971 and played in Toronto through the 1974 season. While playing with the Metros, Howard became a physical education teacher at Upper Canada College in Toronto.
From 1972 to 1986 he was director of athletics at Crescent School, another private school in Toronto. He was technical director of the Canadian Soccer Association from 1986 to 1992.
Since 1988, he has conducted more than 50 Fédération internationale de football association projects as the longest-serving Fédération internationale de football association coaching instructor in North America.
He was appointed technical consultant of the Toronto Lynx soccer club in February 2005. In the 1980s, Howard and Mike Povey were hired as analysts for broadcasts of English soccer games on CFMT-television in Toronto, hosted by Dale Barnes. He followed Barnes to The Sports Network after it was launched in 1984.
He has also covered international soccer for Fox Soccer and was a soccer columnist with the Toronto Sun during the 1990s.
Howard provided commentary for the Fédération internationale de football association 2010 World Cup on Canadian Broadcasting Company and Toronto Football Club games. Howard was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2002 as a builder.
He currently works at Crescent School as their Head of Soccer and Soccer Development.