Neil McCann admits his first taste of coaching whetted his appetite to play a bigger role as the boss of a side.
The 42-year-old was unveiled as interim manager of Dundee last week following Paul Hartley’s sacking.
His appointment came as a big surprise as the former Dundee, Hearts, Rangers and Scotland winger had no previous managerial experience and has spent the last few years as a pundit giving his opinions on Sky Sports.
However, McCann has worked on the training field before in a coaching role with Dunfermline under veteran boss Jim Jefferies.
He said: “It is nice to be able to be involved in football again.
“Although I wasn’t manager at Dunfermline, I had a wee taste of it with Jim Jefferies.
“He was so good in terms of my introduction into a coaching capacity.
“It shows you the trust he had in me but Jim would come in in the morning and I would have the session written out.
“To be honest, he never interfered with it.
“It was as if he allowed me that freedom to have a real input. If he needed to oversee things, then he was the gaffer but essentially it gave me a bit of experience in that environment.”
