Notts County have appointed the relatively unknown figure of Ian Burchnall as Head Coach, the 38-year-old has eight years’ experience working in the Scandinavian top tiers and the club state that he “is regarded as one of football’s most exciting young coaches.”

The Leicester born UEFA Pro license holder has been most recently Coach of Ostersunds FK who play in the Swedish top tier and prior to that, Burchnall worked at Viking Stavanger of the Norwegian Eliteserien where he was Manager between 2016-17 after originally joining the club from Sarpsborg as assistant.

County’s Danish Directors Chris and Alex Reedtz who have followed the work of Burchnall over the last few years, said in a statement on the clubs website “We are tremendously excited to welcome Ian to the role of head coach.

“As part of our ongoing extensive research, we compile detailed profiles of many different coaches and Ian stands out as an outstanding prospect.

“Despite his young age, he has tremendous experience of working in top-flight football and has been linked with several international and club roles since his departure from Ostersund. We feel very lucky to have him and have every confidence that he is the right man to complement our model.

“It’s our hope that Ian will be able to continue our push for promotion this season but we understand it will take him time to fully implement our philosophy. He is a long-term appointment for this club and his performance in the role will be judged on that basis.

“We think supporters will share our appreciation of Ian’s passion for coaching and his willingness to take risks and meet difficult challenges head-on, as he did during his time in Scandinavia, and we’re very excited to see him lead the team for the first time in Saturday’s Buildbase FA Trophy semi-final against AFC Hornchurch.”

Prior to working in Scandanavia, Burchnall worked for Leeds United and Bradford City Academies.

*Main image @Official_NCFC Ian Burchnall had been working in Scandanavia for eight years.