Derek McGrath has confirmed that he’ll be involved with Laois minor hurlers next year - in an “ancillary role”.
It emerged last month that Laois officials were to speak to the former Waterford manager with a view to him coming on board in a coaching capacity and while his services have been secured, he says he won’t be a prominent member of the management team.
He explained: "I will be involved in some capacity but it'll very much be in an ancillary role.
"I'm going to do a night course in executive coaching and positive psychology, so, as part of that, there'll be a placement opportunity involved.
"I was approached by a friend of mine who is involved with Laois and I'll be involved in some sort of coaching capacity there in the new year, but it certainly won't be as prominent as was speculated,” he told OTB AM.
Although he recently ruled out a swift return to the now vacant Waterford manager’s job, McGrath has made no secret of his desire to resume inter-county senior management at some stage and sees his latest studies and work with Laois as an opportunity to expand his skillset.
"I've been used to being involved with teams [from] 12 to 18-years-old so this is a good chance for me to take the learnings from five years with Waterford and try to apply them in some capacity so that Laois can have a couple of players coming through.
"As I said, it's very much going to be in a supporting role to the already appointed manager and coaching team.
"It's a means to accelerating my own process and get better at what I didn't do well when I was involved with Waterford."
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