Heart of Midlothian legend John Robertson is back in Scottish football after joining Ross County as assistant manager.
The Tynecastle record league goal scorer has been drafted in by Dingwall chiefs to support Don Cowie for their first season back in the Championship after relegation.
County dropped out of the Scottish Premiership after the play-off final defeat to Livingston but bosses will stand by Cowie next season.
Carl Tremarco and Paul Cowie will leave the club in the summer with Robertson joining as No2 to Cowie to help push for an immediate return to the top-flight.
Robertson previously worked with Don and has experience coaching in the Championship, he was most recently manager of Inverness between 2017 and 2021 and served as interim in 2023.
Chief executive officer Steve Ferguson said: "Everyone at the club is determined to put us in the best position possible to gain promotion back into the Premiership - and to do so within a season.
"Bringing John in to support Don, will allow us to reshape the playing squad and turn things around as quickly as possible.”
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A club statement read: "Last week's result against Livingston - resulting in us playing in the Championship next season - has left everyone at the club, personally and collectively, hugely disappointed. We know how much playing Premiership football matters to our community, and we share their deep frustration at how the season concluded.
"As you might imagine, we have done a lot of soul searching at the club over the last week, and following that, have decided to restructure our football management team under Don Cowie as we make gaining immediate promotion our sole focus.
"We believe strongly that we have a dedicated and talented manager in Don and that he is the right man to lead us for the season ahead.
"To support Don, we have appointed the experienced John Robertson as assistant manager with immediate effect. Carl Tremarco and Paul Cowie will leave the club, and we thank them for their efforts and wish them well for the future.
"John has more than 400 games under his belt as a manager, knows the challenge of recruiting from our base in the Highlands, has experience of the Scottish Championship, and has worked with Don in the past. He already knows the club well and has spent much of last season watching from the sidelines in his role as a BBC pundit."
