Coaching kids is the day job. For the time being.
But just because Kevin Thomson still has big plans for another crack at management – after winning a title in his first season as a boss – doesn’t mean he’s simply killing time until the next one comes along. On the contrary, he launched his own academy pretty much as soon as he hung up his boots. And from beginning with nothing more than a bag of balls, he’s grown his own baby into one of the country’s gold star coaching projects.
So much so he could be in line for a return to the Rangers youth set-up, where he cut his teeth as a coach before going it alone at Kelty Hearts. His work at Auchenhowie – coupled with the relationships he forged with players such as Alex Lowry and Leon King as he helped them find a pathway into the first-team squad – has helped cement his reputation as a developer of talent.
