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Rice appointed Livingston head of football operations
Brian Rice has "swapped the dugout for the boardroom" after being appointed head of football operations at 61, joined David Martindale's backroom team in November 2023 and helped the team gain immediate promotion back to the Scottish Premiership last former Hamilton and Alloa boss will now focus on the club's player recruitment."As part of the structural review at the end of our successful 2024-25 season, we identified we were a bit fragile in terms of player recruitment and player ID, both paramount to the on-field success of the club," manager Martindale said."[Rice] has swapped the dugout for the boardroom on a matchday essentially, and as much as he will be a big loss in terms of the daily coaching and matchday itself, he will be a huge asset for the football club in this new role."