Adam Owen has racked up sufficient air miles in his teaching profession to circumnavigate the globe.
And possibly twice.
So it’s little shock that, after touchdown at Hibs this season, the Welshman has designs on extra abroad jaunts as he bids to assist Lee Johnson get the Easter Highway membership again flying in direction of the Euro spots.
Assistant boss Owen has a CV that boasts seven nations, 10 completely different golf equipment and the Wales nationwide staff since taking on his first place as health coach at Celtic in 2003.
That features a spell as Rangers efficiency director, assistant roles with the Wales, Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United and Servette in Switzerland, a 12 months as boss at Lechia Gdansk in Poland, assistant at Hebei China Fortune and technical advisor titles at each Seattle Sounders within the MLS and Lech Poznan.
Teaching superstars equivalent to Javier Mascherano and Ezequiel Lavezzi in China in addition to uncovering future gems in Switzerland like Denis Zakaria, who has simply joined Chelsea on mortgage from Juventus, had been highlights. To not point out serving to take a Gareth Bale-inspired Wales to the semi finals of Euro 2016.
All that in 19 years - and the previous defender solely turned 42 final week!
It’s been an exhausting journey for the daddy of two and his household.
However Owen is adamant the expertise means Hibs are getting a much better coach than the one which left Scotland and Rangers in 2013.
He mentioned: "Just about the final 10 years since I left Rangers has been overseas. I've beloved each minute of it - coping with completely different cultures, nationalities and selecting up completely different languages.
"It has been a implausible expertise working with completely different coaches and bringing collectively a special kind of ability set in a variety of circumstances.
"Placing your self in an uncomfortable atmosphere is not for everyone nevertheless it's actually one thing I've loved.
"I might actually encourage gamers to do one thing comparable.
"I beloved my time residing within the South of France and dealing within the Swiss League, a really, superb improvement league.
"There was an enormous deal with younger gamers. Denis Zakaria has simply moved to Chelsea and we gave him his debut at 17.
"They've all been actually good in numerous methods. MLS was nice, managing to do effectively with a superb membership over there.
“Working in China and seeing the likes of Javier Mascherano and Ezequiel Lavezzi was implausible for me, with the ability to decide their brains.
"I've beloved each minute.
“For sure it’s made me a greater coach.
“That was one of many largest issues for me, transferring to central Europe at the moment and being on the border of Germany, France, and Italy, and with the ability to dip out and in of these varieties of golf equipment and work with completely different managers and coaches and produce it collectively.
"That linked in very effectively with Lee; how he needs to go about issues could be very trendy and that is one of many causes I used to be eager to come back and work with him."
The worldwide expertise actually sounds optimistic for Owen.
However Hibs followers can be questioning what it means for his or her membership now the brand new administration staff of Johnson, Owen and Jamie McAllister have put down roots in Leith.
European spots are the minimal goal for almost all of supporters on the lookout for a decide me up after a torrid marketing campaign that noticed them end eighth and two managers sacked.
Owen is effectively conscious of that. He mentioned: "For me you have acquired six or seven actually good golf equipment able to difficult for Europe yearly within the Scottish Premiership.
"We're making an attempt to ensure at Hibs that we enhance on the place we had been final 12 months - that is the important thing place to begin.
“However how can we progress from there?
"To this point, so good; I have been actually happy with how the gamers have gone about it.
“I feel we had been down as one of many youngest beginning XIs this season which has been a key mantra for the place the supervisor needs to take the membership - younger, recent, hungry gamers who've the prospect to develop and evolve with the membership over a time frame.
"There are a variety of positives to date and hopefully we will hold that going."