Rutherglen Glencairn gaffer Willie Harvey insists new skipper Tam Miller was the "natural choice" to take on the armband.
The 36-year-old experienced defender was announced as Glens captain this afternoon after striker Tony Fraser hung up his boots to take on a first team coaching role.
It has also been revealed that fellow defender Terry Hewitt will become vice-captain.
Miller, who has made 37 appearances for the club since joining from Renfrew in December 2018, will now lead the team for their assault on the newly formed West of Scotland League next season.
Harvey said: "We chose Tam because of his experience. He's well-respected by the players in the dressing room as well, so it was just a natural choice.
"When you look for someone who players look up to and listen to, it was between Tam and Terry Hewitt.
"We decided on Tam because he's played in the Premier League before with Renfrew, he's been here a long time, he's a cracking guy and a good talker.
"There's no use picking a captain who players aren't going to listen to.
"Tam is over the moon. I think he'll enjoy the added responsibility and he'll flourish with that.
"Some people can lose focus on their own game because they get too focused on other players' games, but I think Tam will find a good balance between the two."
Meanwhile, Harvey is delighted to see former skipper Fraser join his coaching team.
The 39-year-old has been forced to call time on his playing career due to niggling back injury and Harvey added: "Through last season, Tony was having problems with his back.
"He rested for a long time and we brought him back away to Rossvale, but afterwards he could hardly move.
"Afterwards we had a chat with him and told him we didn't want to keep risking him because he was the type of boy that would have just kept playing.
"It's a natural progression for Tony to move into the coaching side of things now.
"He's another player with great experience and he will be able to command players.
"The guys will know what's being asked of them on the training ground.
"Tony probably didn't want to bow out like this. He probably wanted to bow out on his own terms, but it doesn't always work out that way in life."
Glens are hoping to return to training shortly and could be playing their first game in the West of Scotland League as early as September 26.
"We are looking at the first week of August to start training again and that gives the players something to aim for," said Harvey.
"That gives us roughly eight weeks, which is a bit more than we usually do, but this isn't a normal season.
"There's no point bringing the players in now if we aren't going to be starting back until the end of September.
"If you bring them in now, they will get stale and they'll lose interest."
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