Acting Rangers academy chief to land job for keeps as Kevin Thelwell reckons he's the man to nurture talent
David McCallum is in line to be named as Rangers' new academy director on a permanent basis.
New sporting director Kevin Thelwell has been impressed with the job McCallum has done in recent weeks.
The long-serving coach has held the position on an interim basis since last year.
He made the move from head of professional phase and B team coach.
Thelwell believes he can help bring through a regular conveyor belt of talent that the club has lacked in recent seasons.
Thelwell had, initially, been keen to bring in Gareth Prosser but he is still in a similar post at Everton and also has lucrative options in the Middle-east.
McCallum has been at Rangers after he made the move from Queen's Park to become academy manager at Ibrox.
He has also led the young Rangers teams into the Youth Champions League and has been in charge of the B team for the last four years.
McCallum has also had a spell as Rangers caretaker manager after Steven Gerrard left in 2021.
He was put in temporary charge along with Jermaine Defoe and Brian Gilmour before Giovanni van Bronckhorst was appointed boss back in 2021.
Thelwell is looking to fill a number of key positions and has already brought in Dan Purdy to replace the out-going technical director Nils Koppen.
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