Newcastle United have confirmed the arrival of new Academy lead goalkeeper coach Tony Caig. The former United shot-stopper teams up with Academy manager Steve Harper, his ex-team-mate from the Sir Bobby Robson era.
In a club statement, Caig said: “I'm delighted to be offered the opportunity to take up the position. Once I was contacted by Steve Harper and talked through the specifics of the role, I knew it was something that I wanted to take on and, along with the other coaching staff, really help to develop the Academy Goalkeeping department.
"As a player, I was fortunate enough to be in a supporting role as part of the squad during the Sir Bobby Robson era so when the opportunity came about to return and work with some of the same people who are now at the club in different positions, it made the decision very easy for me. I also look forward to building relationships with new staff members that I've not had the chance to work with before."
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Newcastle United Academy Manager Steve Harper added: "We're delighted to welcome Tony back to the club as Head of Academy Goalkeeping. Tony joins us with a remit to look at every aspect of the Academy goalkeeping programme and align it to the changes we've made to the coaching programme here at the Academy.
"Tony is vastly experienced both as a player and coach and leaves first-team football to join us. We are now at over 20 staffing changes in the last 12 months and the excellent addition of someone of Tony's pedigree demonstrates the progress we continue to make."
Newcastle have also confirmed that former lead academy goalkeeper coach Adam Bartlett has been promoted to first-team goalkeeper coach.
