Adams(pictured),
who is a UEFA A Licence coach, will be supported in his roll by Lloyd Groves,
a UEFA B coach and assistant coach at the St Ives academy, who will move to
Compton Park as assistant manager.
Adams
stepped aside as assistant manager of St Ives in July 2020 to concentrate on
his academy role.
He
originally joined the Saints in the summer of 2018 from league rivals
Biggleswade Town where he enjoyed a successful two years as assistant manager
to Chris Nunn.
A
former player with West Bromwich Albion, Northampton Town, Dunstable Town,
King`s Lynn, Rugby Town and Leicester United before having to quit playing
early due to injury, he went on to manage United Counties League Premier
Division side Wellingborough Town as well as at Southern League outfit Bedford
Town, and as a coach and assistant-manager at Rugby Town and Biggleswade as
well as having a spell as coach of Peterborough United`s under-16s.
He
achieved his UEFA A licence and also took over the running of St Ives`s
successful academy in July 2019.
Groves,
who is expected to sign playing forms with the Cogenhoe, having been on the
books at Isthmian League Division One North outfit Soham Town Rangers this
season and was a regular in the Greens` side until lockdown.
Groves
re-joined Soham at the start of the 2018/19 season, initially on dual
registration from St Ives.
He
previously played for the Greens during the 2016/17 season, scoring a late
winner on the final day of the season as the club escaped relegation.
He
also played for Newmarket Town and Great Shelford.
Adams
and Groves will be looking after first team affairs at Compton Park with an
emphasis on developing the club`s young players that have been nurtured through
its youth system and its future `Pathway of Development`.
Cogenhoe
chairman Nigel Wagstaff told the club`s website: “Craig is an outstanding
candidate and someone I have known from my coaching days at Northampton Town
Football Club. We wish them both success as they guide the club through the
next transition period of its future development”. |