SPFL club axe manager's BROTHER in shock move as they appoint new assistant boss

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BRO GOES SPFL club axe manager's BROTHER in shock move as they appoint new assistant boss
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ROSS COUNTY have confirmed manager Don Cowie will be remaining in post despite their relegation.
But TWO of his trusted right hand men are on their way out - including his own BROTHER.
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Don Cowie is staying as Ross County boss
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Carl Tremarco is leaving the club
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Hearts legend John Robertson is the new Ross County No2
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Cowie, 42, took over as interim boss following Malky Mackay's sacking.
After steering the Staggies to safety via the play-offs, the former Scotland international landed the role on a permanent basis.
However, County once again fell into the play-offs and this time it proved to be their downfall.
They were dumped 5-3 on aggregate by Championship runners-up Livingston and had their six-year top flight stay brought to an end.
Despite going down, County are sticking with Cowie as boss.
But change is coming at the Global Energy Stadium.
Cowie's assistant Carl Tremarco has left the club and so too has first team coach Paul Cowie.
The latter's exit will no doubt sting a little more for boss Don, with Paul being his brother.
Paul Cowie left his role as Dundee United's academy manager to take the assistant role at Ross County.
But less than a year later, he's out of the job.
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With Tremarco and Cowie having left, the Staggies have brought in John Robertson as the club's new assistant manager.
The 60-year old returns to the club having previously had a short stint as Ross County manager back in 2005.
He was only in charge for four months before leaving by mutual consent in September that year.
Hearts legend Robertson more famously had two spells in charge of Highland rivals Inverness CT, between 2002 and 2004 and then again from 2017 until 2021.
A Ross County statement read: "Last week's result against Livingston - resulting in us playing in the Championship next season - has left everyone at the club, personally and collectively, hugely disappointed. We know how much playing Premiership football matters to our community, and we share their deep frustration at how the season concluded.
"As you might imagine, we have done a lot of soul searching at the club over the last week, and following that, have decided to restructure our football management team under Don Cowie as we make gaining immediate promotion our sole focus.
"We believe strongly that we have a dedicated and talented manager in Don and that he is the right man to lead us for the season ahead.
"To support Don, we have appointed the experienced John Robertson as assistant manager with immediate effect. Carl Tremarco and Paul Cowie will leave the club, and we thank them for their efforts and wish them well for the future.
"John has more than 400 games under his belt as a manager, knows the challenge of recruiting from our base in the Highlands, has experience of the Scottish Championship, and has worked with Don in the past. He already knows the club well and has spent much of last season watching from the sidelines in his role as a BBC pundit."
Chief executive Steven Ferguson added: "Everyone at the club is determined to put us in the best position possible to gain promotion back into the Premiership - and to do so within a season. Bringing John in to support Don, will allow us to reshape the playing squad and turn things around as quickly as possible."
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