Everton U18s Lead & sports science chief leave after combined 25 years

Everton Under-18s Head Coach Keith Southern and Head of Academy Sports Science John McKeown have departed after a combined 25 years’ service as a root-and-branch review of the club’s youth set-up takes effect.

Last week, TGG reported that U21s Lead Paul Tait was departing the Toffees after 20 years. This followed a six-month “strategic review” of the Academy led by Technical Director Nick Cox, who joined Everton last summer after nine years as Manchester United’s Academy Director.