Source: Bournemouth_Echo
Cherries: Browning back as youth coach
FORMER Cherries favourite Marcus Browning has returned to Dean Court as a youth coach. Browning, who made more than 200 appearances for the club between 2002 and 2007, will assist Joe Roach with Cherries' under-18s. The 38-year-old will work with Roach's charges on a part-time basis, his appointment funded with the help of Brockenhurst College. Midfielder Browning, however, is unlikely to be involved on matchdays as he is still turning out for Bath City in the Conference South. Verwood-based Browning, a veteran of Cherries' 2002-03 promotion campaign, also runs his own private soccer schools. Browning has stepped in to replace Matty Holmes who has taken up a full-time role at the club's centre of excellence as a technical skills coach. Cherries' head of youth Roach told the Daily Echo: Matty provided a background to the lads about what is required to become a professional footballer and Marcus will do the same. He has already struck up a good rapport with the boys. Former Bristol Rovers and Gillingham man Browning returned to the Memorial Ground on Tuesday to assist Roach |during Cherries' FA Cup first round victory over Bristol Rovers. Cherries have worked in partnership with Brockenhurst College for the past eight years with the club's youth players put through their advanced apprenticeship in sporting excellence.