Former Rangers coach lands major new role with Premier League giants
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FORMER Rangers goalkeeper coach Colin Stewart has landed a plum new job - at Premier League champions Liverpool.
The son of legendary former Gers goalie coach Jim - who worked with Walter Smith for many years - Stewart was promoted to the position of first team goalkeeping coach by Graham Murty from a position in the academy ranks.
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Colin Stewart talks something over with Philippe Clement
Credit: Willie Vass
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Colin Stewart with Jack Butland, Lewis Budinauckas, Mason Munn and Liam Kelly
Credit: Willie Vass
He then helped Steven Gerrard win back the Scottish top flight title and worked under the likes of Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Philippe Clement before leaving the club after the departure of the Belgian in February.
But he's just been appointed the new goalkeeper development and pathway lead at Anfield.
He will be reunited with former Ibrox gaffer Van Bronckhorst, who recently took up a high-powered job as one of Arne Slot's assistants.
Prior to entering coaching, Stewart - husband of Scotland Women's star Julie Fleeting - served many clubs including Kilmarnock, Ross County, Partick Thistle and Morton.
Liverpool wrote in a statement: "Colin Stewart has joined Liverpool's coaching staff as the new goalkeeper development and pathway lead.
"The Scot links up with Arne Slot's backroom team after nine years with Glasgow Rangers.
"His first two years with Rangers were spent at the helm of the club's academy goalkeeping programme, before being promoted to the role of first-team goalkeeper coach, in which he served for the past seven years.
"Stewart, a former professional goalkeeper himself, also worked with the Scottish FA for more than a decade as a goalkeeping coach educator, delivering relevant courses across the country.
"Now, he will support Xavi Valero – back at Liverpool as head of first-team goalkeeper coaching – on a daily basis in working with the Reds' senior stoppers on and off the pitch.
"Additionally, Stewart will oversee the loan strategies of goalkeepers who are in the process of making the step up from youth level to senior experience, serving as a link between the men's squad, loan management team and U21s group."
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