Smith, who joins immediately, has 510 League appearances spread over a 17-year playing career for the likes of Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley, Chesterfield and Huddersfield Town.

After a solid playing career Smith has continued to work in the game holding positions such as international youth director at Sheffield United, youth team coach at Chesterfield, under-18 academy coach at Sheffield Wednesday and held the caretaker managers` job at Hillsborough after the departure of Chris Turner.

Currently he holds the position of loans manager at Sheffield United.

Manager Wayne Benn told https://www.ossettutd.com: “Bringing in someone like Mark will set the tone from the very beginning of our new campaign. The returning lads will be joining up with some new faces and Mark will be working to make sure a solid team bond is forged immediately. He has some great ideas, and his CV speaks for itself. Very exciting to get to work”.