Yates
will be assisted by Neil Howarth, the former centre-half who enjoyed a good
playing career with Macclesfield Town, Cheltenham and AFC Telford United and he
has worked alongside Yates before.
Alex
Nicholls, with the support of Lee Brown and James Wren, will remain in charge
of the side for tomorrow's home league fixture against Lowestoft Town before
Yates and Howarth will take full command in the build-up to the league game
away to Rushall Olympic on March 7th.
Yates,
who last May took over ownership of the Piccolos Coffee Shop in Bewdley, began
his playing career with Birmingham City and subsequently also had stints with
Burnley, Doncaster Rovers, Kidderminster Harriers and Cheltenham.
After
a spell as first team coach at Burnley he moved into management early in 2006
when he became the boss of Kidderminster.
He
has since been in charge at Cheltenham, Crawley Town, Solihull Moors and
Macclesfield Town.
The
50-year old returned to Kidderminster on a short-term contract in January 2019
before leaving Aggborough towards the end of last season.
Chairman
Andy Pountney told https://www.stourbridgefc.com: "I was delighted to be
contacted by Mark earlier this week and thrilled that following discussions he
has accepted the role with Neil Howarth coming in as his assistant. Mark's
track record speaks for itself. I look forward to working with them both.
“I
received a host of phone calls and messages from people interested in the
vacancy, which was very heartening. I'm sincerely apologise that I haven't been
able to get back in touch with everybody since, but it's been a particularly
busy week trying to sort out football matters on top of running my own
business!
“I
would also like to thank Alex, Lee and James for stepping into the breach at
short notice ahead of the Royston match on Tuesday. Please give them your full
support against Lowestoft". |