Adams named Hibs number two

Hibernian have appointed Ross County boss Derek Adams as assistant to manager Colin Calderwood at Easter Road. Calderwood, who secured his first points in charge with a 3-0 win at SPL champions Rangers on Wednesday, confirmed the appointment on Thursday.Adams moves to Easter Road after Hibs reached an agreement with County to release him from his contract.The 35-year-old, who became County boss in October 2007, led the Dingwall side to promotion to the Irn Bru First Division in 2008 and the Scottish Cup final in May.But now he has stepped up to the top flight to assist Calderwood, who succeeded John Hughes as boss last month.Adams said: "This is a fantastic opportunity for me to come to a club of the stature of Hibernian."In particular I'm looking forward to working closely with Colin Calderwood and the talented group of players at the club."I've had three magnificent years at Ross County and leave there with a sense of pride."The club made great progress over that period but it's now time for both Ross County and me to look forward to the next phase."I wish the club every success in the future."Calderwood said: "I'm delighted to have secured Derek's services and now feel that we have an extremely strong group of coaches at the club."I have been hugely impressed by Derek's achievements at Ross County and also saw in his Ross County team the type of organisation and dynamism that I want to see at Hibernian."I have no doubt that he will make a strong contribution to our future development."

Source: Team_Talk