Everything about Donald Park totally explained
Donald Park (born
19 July 1953, in
Inverness) a Scottish football coach, and is now currently Assistant Manager at
Hibernian FC and a former
Scottish footballer.
Playing career
Educated at Lochaber High School, Park joined Inverness Caledonian as a 16 year old in 1969 from Lochaber. With Him, his best mate and also an ex-professional footballer for Aberdeen FC, George Campbell, were together aspiring to be footballers since they were young .He turned professional when signed by
Heart of Midlothian in 1972 and spent 6 seasons at
Tynecastle, initially as a
winger then latterly as a
central midfielder. In September 1978 he was transferred to
Partick Thistle, in a swap deal involving
Denis McQuade, and he played an important role for the
Maryhill Magyars as they perennially fought relegation from the Premier Division.
When the
Glasgow side eventually suffered demotion, Park returned to Hearts in May 1983, winding down his career with short spells at
Brechin City (1985-86) and
Meadowbank Thistle (1986-88).
Managerial career
While at
Meadowbank Stadium, Park moved into coaching and he was eventually appointed manager of the club in 1992. He left after a year, spending a short time as joint-manager of
Arbroath with George Mackie in 1994 before joining
Hibs as a coach in July of that year. He served under managers
Alex Miller and
Alex McLeish and for a matter of days was
interim manager when McLeish left for
Rangers in 2001. When
Franck Sauzée was appointed as McLeish's successor, Park remained as the Frenchman's assistant.
First Spell at Inverness
The departure of
Ebbe Skovdahl from Aberdeen in November 2002 led in turn to the recruitment of the successful Inverness manager
Steve Paterson and his assistant
Duncan Shearer (a former Dons player and fans favourite), leaving the Inverness post vacant. Following an extensive interview process
Livingston coach
John Robertson was appointed on Boxing Day. On the 3rd of January 2003, Park was appointed his assistant, with the title of Head Coach. The pair would lead Inverness to the
Scottish First Division title in 2004 and promotion to the
Scottish Premier League for the first time in their history. In November 2004 following the departure of
Craig Levein to
Leicester City, Robertson and Park were appointed to be the
Hearts management team.
Robertson and Park's career at Hearts was brief and, despite reaching two cup semi-finals and achieving a fifth place finish in the league, they were sacked and replaced by
George Burley in 2005.
Second Spell at Inverness
Following the departure of
Craig Brewster to
Dundee Utd, Inverness appointed
Charlie Christie to be interim manager. A number of high profile names were linked with the vacancy including Park himself. Christie was appointed permanently on the 27th of January 2006 with Donald Park as his number two. At the split in the
2005-06 season, Inverness narrowly missed out on a spot in the top half of the SPL. He resigned as Caley manager in August 2007.
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