Former Brighton interim supervisor Amy Merricks is poised to take over as head coach at Girls’s Championship aspect Birmingham Metropolis.
Merricks just lately led England Underneath-19s however stepped down in November.
She is about to switch Darren Carter, who Birmingham confirmed departed “by mutual consent” on Thursday.
Merricks will hyperlink up with girls’s technical director Hope Powell, who she labored with at Brighton as assistant supervisor and improvement coach.
She additionally labored intently with Birmingham Metropolis assistant supervisor Emily Simpkins at each England Underneath-19s and Brighton.
Carter’s departure comes off the again of a 3-1 defeat by Charlton Athletic which leaves Birmingham Metropolis seven factors behind leaders Sunderland with three video games remaining in England’s second tier.
As one of many founding golf equipment within the Girls’s Tremendous League, Birmingham Metropolis see Merricks as a long-term appointment to assist push them again into the highest flight, the place they completed runners-up in 2011 and 2012.
The Blues face Crystal Palace within the Girls’s Championship on Sunday (14:00 BST kick-off) however Merricks could not start her function till subsequent week.
