Source: Team_Talk
McGhee named top dog at Dons
The pair replace Jimmy Calderwood, Jimmy Nicholl and Sandy Clark, who left last month.
McGhee was part of the Dons side which won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983 with a 2-1 win over Real Madrid in
Gothenburg.
Dons director of football Willie Miller is delighted to be reunited with his former Pittodrie team-mate.
"The board was unanimous in the choice of Mark for our new manager, as everyone knows, these situations can be extremely delicate and you have to allow for all eventualities," he told the club's official website.
"That said, we're delighted Mark and Scott have agreed to join us and with the return of European football next month, these are exciting times here at Pittodrie.
"Mark is well known to most Aberdeen supporters and of course, having been here as a player, he also knows what the club means to them and he's itching to get started."
The new management team's first official day in charge will be Wednesday July 1 when the players report for pre-season training.
McGhee says he has fulfilled an ambition by taking over at Pittodrie.
"It is fantastic," McGhee told Sky Sports News.
"When you set out as a manager, you have certain ambitions and
one of mine was to manage the clubs I played for, Newcastle, Celtic and Aberdeen.
"I had great times here as a player and here I am, managing to fulfil an ambition to come back as manager, it's unbelievable for me.
"Aberdeen was a huge part of my career, we had the European Cup Winners' Cup win, three Scottish Cup final wins in a row with Alex Ferguson and I've got great friends from that team and that era.
"There are a lot of memories, it's 25 years since I left but it looks as beautiful as ever and it just encourages me."
McGhee explained why he felt it was the right time to leave Fir Park. "It was a difficult decision but I feel it was the right decision," he said.
"Things have moved on a little bit.
"Motherwell had lost two or three players and we looked like losing two or three more due to the circumstances in the Scottish game so it was becoming more and more difficult to maintain the performance and levels that we set over the last couple of years at Motherwell.
"I felt that the opportunity to go to Aberdeen, to a more stable environment would allow me to make more of a challenge over the next few year than it might be possible with Motherwell.
"It is a shame, I loved my time there."
McGhee was careful not to be roped in to claiming he would offer the same challenge to the Old Firm duopoly which was shattered in 1980s when Aberdeen under Sir Alex Ferguson were at at their peak.
"We can certainly ruffle the Old Firm's feathers.
"Aberdeen are a club who are big enough and the budget as such is significant enough to expect to be challenging to win trophies and get to finals.
"But winning trophies is the next stage, we have to continue the progress that Jimmy Calderwood made over the last few seasons."
