Elliott Parish is taking on the position of St Johnstone’s goalkeeping coach until the end of the season.
The experienced shot-stopper, who steps up following the departure of Paul Mathers, will continue playing duties too.
Manager Callum Davidson made sure to thank Mathers for his impressive work in Perth across a number of years.
Davidson said: “Paul has been a fantastic servant for the club and I’d like to thank him for all he’s done over the years.
“The role he’s got at the SFA is the type of opportunity he’s been looking for.
“It’s a new chapter for him and a new chapter here. We’re putting Elliott in charge of the goalkeepers until the end of the season.
“He’s still playing so there’s a balancing act but it worked with Stevie Banks when he was here.
“Elliott is looking towards his career after football and this accelerates that pathway.”
Davidson said that Parish will bring “professionalism and enthusiasm” to the position of goalkeeping coach.
“That’s been the case with Liam Craig since he made the switch into coaching,” Davidson added.
“I know Elliott will do that with the goalies. Continuity of staff members is important. It’s been a big part of the success at St Johnstone.
“We want Elliott to put his stamp on what we’re doing in that specialised area because we want to continue developing top goalies.”
Saints have a history of operating with top goalkeepers and a number of promising ones are continuing to work their way through the ranks - including Ross Sinclair, Jack Wills and Craig Hepburn.
Davidson said: “We’ve got good young ones here – Ross (Sinclair) is doing very well at Montrose and we’ll probably look to put Jack (Wills) out in the second half of the season.”
