Andy Bevan has said that he is 'excited' at becoming Hereford FC's Academy head coach.
Bevan recently quit as Westfields first team manager and moved across to Edgar Street.
A UEFA A Licenced qualified coach, Bevan will work with club director and Academy chairman Paul Quarrell.
"It came about so quickly after I resigned at Westfields and after a couple of days I got talking about the role and it's something I've always wanted to do from a youth standing and watching Hereford.
"I know that there are local kids good enough and 15 years ago I went into Graham Turner's office as I wanted to start an academy. Turner said that he had the pick of the youth from Wolves, West Brom and Aston Villa and I couldn't argue with that.
"I know from doing this thing that it takes time and it's not going to happen overnight. We will be looking at all aspects of the academy and our aim is to get youths through to the first team.
"I've been a coaching for 15 years but still make mistakes and that's what I tell the players that we either win or we learn.
"I have been meeting with Head of Football Tim Harris and the directors and you don't realise as a fan how much hard work they do behind the scenes and the amount of effort they put in.
"We want to move forwards and put together a plan from the under-eights through to under-18s, 23s and through to the senior team."