Motherwell have appointed former Ross County boss Stuart Kettlewell as lead growth coach.
The 38-year-old former Clyde and Ross County midfielder takes up the put up instantly, particularly working with the event and under-18 groups.
When Owen Coyle left Ross County in March 2017, Kettlewell took cost of the first-team squad alongside Steven Ferguson, successful the Championship and Problem Cup in his first full season in cost.
Kettlewell left the Dingwall membership in December 2020 and has since been closely concerned within the media, which is able to proceed while he's at Fir Park.
He advised Motherwell's web site: "I'm thrilled to hitch the membership. I've clearly been out of the sport for a time frame and I’m simply trying ahead to getting again in.
“The position suits in with my ethos of creating younger gamers, which is necessary to me.
“I’ve had a few alternatives previous to this, however after I spoke with the workers and the supervisor, I knew it was a great match and the precise transfer for me.”
Boss Stevie Hammell mentioned: "We ran a sturdy recruitment course of that was designed to seek out the easiest particular person, and I'm glad Stuart is with us,.
“He’s one of many nation’s most well-respected, gifted coaches who will type a part of our close-knit workers group.
“We spent a substantial amount of time internally reviewing all of the components that helped help the group that included the likes of Chris Cadden, Allan Campbell, Jake Hastie, David Turnbull and James Scott.
“An enormous a part of that, in our thoughts, was having a devoted and centered coach who created a first-team mentality inside that squad and that's one thing we hope Stuart can replicate for what we consider is a really gifted group in the meanwhile."
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