Don Cowie’s brother has paid the price for the club’s relegation to the Championship after last week’s play-off defeat to Livingston.
Paul Cowie has been sacked by the Dingwall side as they look to bring in the experience of John Robertson in a bid to get the club back into the top flight at the first time of asking.
Carl Tremarco is also leaving the club.
Cowie landed the Ross County job on a permanent basis after taking over from Milky Mackay and keeping them in the Premiership last term. Their six-year stay in the top flight however, was ended with the 5-3 defeat to David Martindale’s side and while Cowie keeps his job, the club feel that change is required.
Robertson returns to the club having previously had a short stint as Ross County manager back in 2005.
He was only in charge for four months before leaving by mutual consent in September that year.
Robertson had two spells in charge of Highland rivals Inverness CT, between 2002 and 2004 and then again from 2017 until 2021.
“We know how much playing Premiership football matters to our community, and we share their deep frustration at how the season concluded,” read a statement from the club.
“As you might imagine, we have done a lot of soul searching at the club over the last week, and following that, have decided to restructure our football management team under Don Cowie as we make gaining immediate promotion our sole focus.
“We believe strongly that we have a dedicated and talented manager in Don and that he is the right man to lead us for the season ahead.
“To support Don, we have appointed the experienced John Robertson as assistant manager with immediate effect. Carl Tremarco and Paul Cowie will leave the club, and we thank them for their efforts and wish them well for the future.
“John has more than 400 games under his belt as a manager, knows the challenge of recruiting from our base in the Highlands, has experience of the Scottish Championship, and has worked with Don in the past. He already knows the club well and has spent much of last season watching from the sidelines in his role as a BBC pundit.
“Everyone at the club is determined to put us in the best position possible to gain promotion back into the Premiership – and to do so within a season. Bringing John in to support Don, will allow us to reshape the playing squad and turn things around as quickly as possible” said Chief Executive Officer Steven Ferguson.”
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