David Gray confirms Hibs backroom team as former Easter Road captain and coach make returns

David Gray has named his backroom team | SNS Group

David Gray has named his backroom team that will form his coaching set-up at Hibs for the upcoming Premiership campaign and beyond.

The new head coach has named Eddie May and Liam Craig as his assistant coaches, with Craig Samson coming in as his goalkeeper coach. May is a well-known face to Hibs supporters, having worked at the club in a variety of roles since 2014.

May was Gray’s right-hand man during his interim head coach stint and now stands by his side for the long haul, having also made over 100 Hibs appearances as a player. Former midfielder Craig comes in from Championship side Queen’s Park, where he was working with Callum Davidson.

Before that, Craig has also served as a coach at St Johnstone and Arbroath, spending two years as a player at Hibs and also captaining the club. Samson is returning to the club where he was previously goalkeeper coach.

He worked in the position under Jack Ross before moving to become Aberdeen’s keeper coach, working with him also at Sunderland. Samson featured for a host of Scottish clubs in his playing days, including Kilmarnock, St Mirren and Motherwell.

It’s new appointments in the backroom at Hibs after Nick Montgomery left his role as head coach, alongside his coaching team. That allowed Gray a blank canvas to mould the coaching team as he sees fit.

Competitive action isn’t far away for Hibs. They will face Edinburgh City towards the end of the month in their first pre-season friendly and their Premier Sports Cup campaign begins against Elgin City on July 13th.