Stevie Smith is returning to a coaching role with the Rangers Under-19s.
The former player, academy graduate, and interim manager will take up a coaching role with the Rangers Under-19s.
Smith was promoted to Danny Rohl's backroom team last season and worked in the role until the German head coach departed the club in the summer.
He also took charge of the first team as interim boss for one match, a 2-2 draw with Dundee United, following the sacking of Russell Martin last season.
The former left-back, who had previously worked for the club's academy from 2021 until 2025, joins the Under-19s after being head coach of the Under-18s prior to youth restructuring across Scottish football.
The 37-year-old was part of Steven Davis' interim coaching team following the dismissal of Michael Beale and the appointment of Philippe Clement in 2023.
Smith will work with a talented group of players including Kyle Glasgow, Ryddn McGuire, Ashton Scally, and Luca Rankin. Rangers Under-19s won the league last season, meaning they'll compete in the UEFA Youth League this year.
The Under-19s play Dynamo Kyiv in the second round of the UEFA Youth League Domestic Path.
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The first leg will take place on Wednesday, October 28, away from home, and the return leg will be on Wednesday, November 4 in Glasgow.
If they win that tie, they will face either AZ Alkmaar or Goztepe A.S of Turkey.
Earlier this summer, Davie McCallum left his role as interim head of the academy, with Brian Gilmour assuming the position.
Academy oversight at an executive level comes under the jurisdiction of Stig Inge Bjørnbjørne.
A range of academy players are currently on cooperation loans, an SFA scheme that allows youth internationals to play lower-league football while training with their parent club and turning out for youth teams.
Others, such as highly rated winger Zeb Lawson, are out on loan.
The right-winger is spending his season at Queen's Park.
Rangers scrapped their B team in early 2025 with no obvious league for a second-string squad to play in.
The Lowland League is too low a level to aid development and uncompetitive best-vs-best games with other academies not much better.
In line with wider structural changes across Scottish football, the move to prioritise early exposure for a talented Under-19 group is the focus.
Both Scally and McGuire are already deemed in the first-team picture, while Glasgow is impressing on loan at Alloa in League One and featured on the bench in a recent European tie against Jablonec.
