Celtic have confirmed long-time assistant manager John Kennedy has left the club.
The former defender, 42, became a Celtic scout in 2010 then moved on to coaching the reserves and graduated to the first-team staff in 2014.
He became assistant in 2019 at the start of Neil Lennon’s second spell as manager and served under Ange Postecoglou and Brendan Rodgers in the role.
Rodgers resigned as Celtic manager on Monday and Martin O’Neill, for whom Kennedy played, has been installed as interim manager, assisted by another of his former players Shaun Maloney.
Coaches Jack Lyons and Adam Sadler and head of performance Glen Driscoll have also left Celtic.
“We thank each of them for their contribution to Celtic and we wish them all well for the future,” the club said of Kennedy, Sadler, Lyons and Driscoll.
Former Celtic captain Stephen McManus and Mark Fotheringham are joining O’Neill’s first-team coaching team. McManus has been Celtic’s B team coach in recent years.
Goalkeeping coach Stephen Woods as well as Gavin Strachan and Greg Wallace are continuing with the club’s backroom team following Rodgers and Kennedy’s exit.
