George Adams

Who is George Adams?

George Adams is a Scottish football former player who is currently director of football at Ross County. He is the father of Derek Adams, who is the manager of Ross County.

While he was a player, Adams was Alex Ferguson's first signing as a manager, moving to East Stirlingshire from Alloa Athletic in 1974. His playing career was disrupted by injury, and he became a manager in the Highland Football League at a young age.

Adams later worked for Alex Ferguson as a youth coach at Aberdeen. He was later credited by Rangers chairman John F. McClelland for bringing through many of the players who enjoyed great success with Aberdeen during the 1980s. Adams subsequently worked in youth development for Celtic and Motherwell.

Adams left Motherwell in 2003 to become director of youth football at Rangers. He left Rangers in September 2005 after being offered a different post as part of a restructuring exercise at the club. Adams blamed a personality clash with chief executive Martin Bain as the reason for his departure.

Later in 2005, Adams joined Ross County as director of football. In 2007, Adams appointed his son as Ross County manager. The father and son pairing guided Ross County to the 2010 Scottish Cup Final, recording upset victories over Hibernian and Celtic en route. The pairing were split when Adams left Ross County to become assistant manager to Colin Calderwood at Hibernian.