Former Hearts, St Mirren and Cowdenbeath coach Austin MacPhee has secured a role on Aston Villa’s coaching staff.
The Fifer, who founded the Cupar-based AM Soccer academy which produced Dundee United striker Louis Appere, was most recently on the books of Celtic’s Champions League conquerors FC Midtjylland.
An ex-Forfar Athletic youth player, MacPhee was part of the Northern Ireland staff which reached the last-16 of Euro 2016.
He also had a brief spell as caretaker manager of the Jambos following the departure of Craig Levein in 2019.
MacPhee and current Raith star Christophe Berra
And he will now continue his career in the English Premier League as a set-piece specialist at Villa Park.
MacPhee’s arrival is the latest in a series of backroom shake-ups at Villa, including the departure of Dean Smith’s assistant manager John Terry earlier this summer.
