Gareth Evans has been appointed as Hibs’ Head of Youth.
The 51-year-old, who is a former player and Reserve Team Coach, will oversee the under-13s to under-16s age groups within the Hibernian Academy as part of his new role.
He was a popular player at the club after being signed by Alex Miller and helped Hibs to a memorable Skol/League Cup triumph in 1991.
He played over 300 games for Hibs, scoring 38 goals following his moved from Rotherham United.
Evans is looking to use his experience working as the manager of Scotland Women’s under-19s side and as assistant to Scot Gemmill with the Scotland Men’s under-17s to good use in his new role.
Speaking to Hibs TV he said: “It’s nice to be back and I class this as my home now. It’s my third time back at the club, coming back in as the Head of Youth this time.
“The role will see me looking after the under-13s up to the under-16s and trying to get as many players through to the under-18 squad as possible, and then hopefully going on to play for the reserves and then the first team.
“There’s a little bit more management involved with me managing the coaches between the 13s and the 16s, helping them along to hopefully improve the players.
“I like to see young players improve. I’ve been doing a lot of work with the Scottish FA for the four years that I worked there.
“I worked with the under-19s girls and managed to get them to eighth in Europe and 13 players playing in the A squad. They were improved by having programmes put in place to make them better both physically and technically as footballers.
“I was also working with Scot Gemmill with the boy’s under-17s and we had great success getting to the semi finals of the European Championships in 2014.
“I am looking to implement the same strategies that we had there with the younger players here at Hibs to hopefully progress them.”
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
