Craig Mulholland has emerged as a leading contender for a key role within the Scottish FA.
The former Rangers Academy director is currently working at Nottingham Forest as Head of Football Development.
And the 48-year-old is in the frame to replace the outgoing Andy Gould as SFA Chief Football Officer.
Gould left to join FIFA as a High Performance Specialist after three decades on Hampden’s sixth floor, with Head of Men’s Elite Strategy Chris Docherty also heading for the exit.
The SFA advertised for a new Chief Football Officer charged with ‘shaping and delivering the vision for football development and performance across Scotland.’
Interviews have now taken place, and the governing body are now preparing to make an appointment.
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Ayr United Managing Director Graeme Mathie, a former Sporting Director of Hibernian, is another contender for the role.
Linked with the post this week, Newcastle United head of football strategy Jack Ross is set to stay put in England.
Before leaving Hampden Gould and Docherty co-authored a report into the player transition phase, between the ages of 16 and 21 and found that Scotland trailed behind similar size nations in providing opportunities to make the jump from academy football to the first team.
A follow up report then recommended the phasing out of the SFA’s seven Regional Performance Schools in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, Kilmarnock and Motherwell and a shift in emphasis from the 12-16 age group to focus on players aged 0-12.
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