Carr and Stead join Bristol Rovers backroom team

Rhys Carr and Jon Stead have joined Bristol Rovers as men's First Team Assistant Head Coaches.

It is a second spell at the club for Carr after previously working as their Lead Professional Development Phase Coach. Since leaving the Memorial Stadium, he has worked as an Elite Player Development Coach at Wolves, an Assistant Head Coach for the Republic of Ireland and also had a spell as Interim Head Coach and then First Team Coach at Coventry City.

Stead is reunited with Rovers Manager Darrell Clarke, with whom he also worked in the same role at Barnsley. He made more than 700 senior appearances for 10 clubs in England and started his coaching career in the US as an Assistant Head Coach at Hartford Athletic and then Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Rovers were relegated to League Two last season and Director of Football Ricky Martin said: “Everyone is working tirelessly to ensure the club starts pre-season positively. The appointment of two Assistant Coaches of such quality is another step in this process.”

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