Foley Handed New Role - Ipswich Town News
Steve Foley has been handed a new role coaching the other coaches at the Town academy.
"Steve gets involved at every age group with every coach we’ve got because he’s got such good experience,” academy director Bryan Klug said.
"We haven’t actually put a title to it, but that’s what he does. It’ll be something like head of coaching development. He’s just a great bloke to have around with fantastic experience.”
Foley, 61, first joined the Blues senior staff in a specialist skills coach position under Jim Magilton in 2006
He left Town in 2010 during Roy Keane’s time as boss but was brought back to the club by Klug as a youth development coach in the summer of 2012 working with 12-16-year-olds. He also works part time at non-league Needham Market.
Meanwhile, Klug says Town should know more about the process of reapplying for Category One status in the new year having missed out last summer by 0.3 percent.
"Maybe after Christmas we’ll have more of an indication of what the prerequisites will be to make another bid for it,” he added.
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