Dundee: Steven Pressley named head coach after Brentford exit

Dundee have appointed former Falkirk and Coventry City manager Steven Pressley as the Scottish Premiership club’s new head coach.

The 51-year-old former Scotland centre-half last week left Brentford, where he had spent four years as the Premier League club’s head of individual player development, saying it was time for a “new challenge”.

Dundee say Pressley “emerged as the standout candidate” after “a thorough and comprehensive search process” to find a successor to Tony Docherty, who was sacked despite leading his side to safety from relegation on the final day of the season.

Only on Sunday it emerged that Dundee had been given permission by Linfield to speak to David Healy, who had led Irish Premiership side to the sixth league title of his 10-year reign.

But Dundee say Pressley “emerged as the standout candidate” after “a thorough and comprehensive search process”.