FORMER IRELAND AND HULL CITY midfielder David Meyler has returned to his old club to take up a role as the club's U15s coach.
The Cork man joined the club on a loan deal from Sunderland, but decided to make the move permanent at the end of the 2012/2013 season.
The 26-time capped Ireland player was part of two promotions to the Premier League with Hull and helped them reach FA Cup final in 2014.
The Cork native also has a coaching role with the Republic of Ireland U17s and will combine his work with Ireland alongside his new club role.
“I had been in touch with Richard Naylor and Matt Hare about coming in and I am delighted to be on board,” said Meyler.
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“I coach with the Republic of Ireland under-17s through the international breaks and I wanted to get more hands on and be coaching more regularly," added Meyler.
“Hull City have been very good to me over the years. If I can go into the academy and start helping out young lads who can develop and go into the first team, then that would be brilliant.
“The under-15s is a really important phase because this is where they need to work extremely hard if they want to progress to the under-18s
“There are some really good players in that age group and if I can help them in their footballing journey, it would be brilliant for myself, the academy, and the club.
"When I look at Hull City as a club, we should get more and more players through. They’ve had great success very recently, but you want to see more. They have the facilities; the coaching staff and I certainly think we need to progress players through the academy because I think we can.”
Hull City play Coventry City this coming Sunday at 3pm.
