Gavin Devlin is returning to Louth just a week after stepping down as Derry senior football coach.

It was announced at last night's Louth county board meeting that the Ardboe man has been appointed as the county's new underage football development coordinator. His remit will be to steer the academy development squads, post primary and rising stars programmes.

Devlin's return to the Wee County comes 10 months after he and fellow Tyrone man Mickey Harte controversially left their coaching and management positions to take up similar roles with Derry. But he's now back, albeit in a different capacity.

"Louth GAA are delighted to announce Gavlin Devlin as its new underage football development coordinator, with a remit of steering the county's academy squads, post-primary and rising stars programme," a Louth GAA statement read.

"Following months of deliberation and discussion between members of the Louth GAA management committee, senior football manager Ger Brennan, games development personnel and other stakeholders, we are delighted that Gavin has agreed to return to Louth GAA in a role that will see him work closely with our games development manager Pierce Caherty and his staff, underage units and coaches as we strive to maintain and propel our trajectory in underage development with the view of feeding our flagship teams into the future.

"Gavin's coaching credentials are unquestionable and his record with Louth and Tyrone are testament to the standards we can expect our young footballers and club coaches to be exposed to and learn from.

"We would like to take this opportunity to wish Gavin all the best in his new role."

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