Home   Sport   Article

Inverness Caledonian Thistle to search for new head coach as John Robertson promoted to sporting director


By Will Clark

Easier access to your trusted, local news. Subscribe to a digital package and support local news publishing.



Click here to sign up to our free newsletters!

Inverness Caledonian Thistle are looking for a new head coach as John Robertson has been promoted as sporting director.

Picture - Ken Macpherson, Inverness. Inverness CT(0) v Queen of the South(1). 17/02/21. ICT manager John Robertson.
Picture - Ken Macpherson, Inverness. Inverness CT(0) v Queen of the South(1). 17/02/21. ICT manager John Robertson.
Picture - Ken Macpherson, Inverness. Inverness CT(0) v Queen of the South(1). 17/02/21. ICT manager John Robertson.
Picture - Ken Macpherson, Inverness. Inverness CT(0) v Queen of the South(1). 17/02/21. ICT manager John Robertson.

Robertson initially stepped back from his position as manager when he took compassionate leave in February.

Club chief executive Scot Gardiner said they will now look to appoint a new head coach.

He said: “I am very happy to see John return from what was a particularly difficult time for him and his family. I’m doubly pleased that he is taking the new role of Sporting Director at Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

“Along with chairman Ross Morrison and the board of directors, we have been working tirelessly on changing the business model of the football club in order to make us self-sustainable, while at the same time allowing us to take steps that will improve the football dept, the experience for fans, and the facilities at the stadium and at our training ground. In effect, to create a bright future for the club.

“I have personally worked with John on and off since 2014 when we were both at Hearts and I have seen at first hand his passion and ability to deliver projects both on the field and off it. His return to the club to help with a number of specific projects will be a great help to the Board and myself and his love of the club and the city will help drive us on as we come out of this onerous pandemic.

“We are glad that John is going to help everyone keep the momentum going as there is still so much hard work ahead of us.

"We will look to give the fans and our partners more details of our plans in the coming days and we will now take the steps required to fill the head coach vacancy at our fantastic club with immediate effect.”


Do you want to respond to this article? If so, click here to submit your thoughts and they may be published in print.



This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies - Learn More