Former Bristol Rovers coach Brian Dutton has returned to the Mem with the 36-year-old named the club’s new academy chief.
Dutton replaces Chris Hargreaves, who stepped down from the role in February, and will oversee all aspects of the youth development programme at the Gas which has experienced considerable success in recent years.
Dutton was part of Darrell Clarke’s staff at Rovers, joining the club in 2017 as scout and Under-23 coach before graduating into the first-team set-up. He left the Gas in May 2019 to link up with Clarke against at Walsall before taking over as interim head coach following the former Rovers manager’s switch to Port Vale.
