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Mark Pirie

The stand-in management duo at Hamilton Accies profiled as boss Brian Rice hit with 10-game ban

are set to hand the reins to head coach Guillaume Beuzelin and head of youth George Cairns

The duo have previously been in charge of the first-team ahead of the appointment of , after Martin Canning was axed in January 2019.

Hamilton manager Brian Rice has been praised by Twaddle for his efforts (SNS Group)

Guillaume Beuzelin

Beuzelin enjoyed a prominent playing career in Scotland turning out for Hibs in a four-year spell. He would briefly play for Accies in 2009.

After injuries forced him to retire from football in 2011, the 40-year-old moved into coaching at the University of Striling and then with the Hibees under-14 side.

Guillaume Beuzelin in action for Hamilton Accies during his 2009 spell (SNS Group 0141 221 3602)

After a year as number two at Dumbarton, the Frenchman would join Canning in Lanarkshire in 2015. Rice would then keep him on as part of the new look management team.

He has previously taken charge of the Hamilton Accies Colt side in the IRN-BRU Cup.

George Cairns

Cairns is the man who oversees the conveyor belt of talent that comes through Accies.

He has delivered players like James McArthur, James McCarthy, Lewis Ferguson, Michael Devlin and Greg Docherty into the New Douglas Park starting eleven.

Hamilton Head of Youth, George Cairns (SNS Group)

Lewis Smith, Reegan Mimnaugh, Scott McMann and Jamie Hamilton have also been brought on under Cairns.

In the 2018-19 season he oversaw Accies side who reached the UEFA Youth League second round beating FC Basel along the way.

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