Calgacus 8 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Sorry for making the quip about McCulloch and coaching the other night. RANGERS can confirm that caretaker manager Kenny McDowall will be assisted by Gordon Durie and club captain Lee McCulloch for first team coaching duties. The Club confirmed on Sunday evening that McDowall would be taking over management of the first team as caretaker until the end of the season. During his playing career McDowall played for Partick Thistle and St. Mirren, featuring in the 1987 Scottish Cup final as St. Mirren defeated Dundee United 1-0. Boyhood Gers fan McDowall joined Rangers in 2007 as first team coach under Walter Smith and latterly moved to become assistant manager when Ally McCoist was appointed as manager in 2011. McDowall has coached previously at St Mirren as assistant to Jimmy Bone and Celtic as manager of the reserve and youth teams before joining the Light Blues. He has been an integral part in successes at Rangers such as the run to the UEFA Cup Final and winning SPL and SPFL Third Division and League One titles. Gordon Durie, who will take up a role as his assistant, returned to the club in July last year to work with the reserve and under-20 players, leading the youth players to a very successful campaign, just losing out on the League in the last week of the season and winning the Youth Cup after a dramatic penalty shoot-out against Hearts. The 49-year-old spent almost seven years with the Light Blues between 1993 and 2000, scoring 58 times in 171 appearances. Durie had moved into coaching with East Fife and was appointed as assistant manager there in 2010 before taking charge himself in 2012 Indeed, Durie was on the touchline at Ibrox in August 2012 as the New Bayview outfit was beaten 4-0 by Gers in the first round of the League Cup. Joining Durie with first team duties is club captain Lee McCulloch who has recently successfully completed his coaching badges. McCulloch will take on the role of player coach along with his duties as an active member of the squad. Ian Durrant will also take up new responsibilities at the club, moving to become manager of the under-20 and reserve sides. Durrant has previously been under-19 and latterly reserve team manager at the club after re-joining the club in 2005 after a period coaching at Kilmarnock. Captain and Assistant Coach...don't think there is any chance of him getting dropped! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) Lee McCulloch has always been a very, very poor and overrated footballer. I can see him fitting right in in our coaching staff. Edited December 23, 2014 by Ser Barristan Selmy 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangersitis 0 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 How much will Lee "I would play for nothing' McCulloch's wage rise be? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) If McCulloch is a qualified coach thern he must know that he is completely incapable of performing at CB and recommend himself to be dropped. Edited December 23, 2014 by BrahimHemdani 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I did say that Durrant would be looked after; at least now presumably he knows what he's supposed to be doing. But will he get any respect from the younger players given his demotion and is he capable of delivering in any event? Personally I would have given him a job in the ticket office, who are badly under-staffed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
trublusince1982 243 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I see it was the boards decision to change the coaching set up and they made Mcdowall tell durrant he was being demoted. Guess mark Hateley is a liar then or big coincidence. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Having Durrant in charge of the u20's is thoroughly depressing and provides little cause for optimism for our future. If Sinclair is getting the dunt does that mean Durrant will double up as head of youth development? Shouldn't do as heading up the whole department is very different from being the U20's coach. There are better qualified people at the club to take on the head of youth development role. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 How much will Lee "I would play for nothing' McCulloch's wage rise be? Surely he can't be on another raise. He was probably still earning more than the manager as it was. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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