youthclubs years caps goals clubs birth_place managerclubs totalcaps position manageryears birth_date totalgoals article_title name
petershill 1973 1973 1973 -- 1974 1974 -- 1976 1 1 1 4 53 0 0 0 4 10 petershill partick thistle stranraer alloa athletic east stirlingshire petershill glasgow , scotland peterhead 60 inside forward 1990 -- 1991 01 july 1950 14 george adams -lrb- footballer , born 1950 -rrb-
 george adams
george adams -lrb- footballer , born 1950 -rrb-

george adams -lrb- born 1 july 1950 -rrb- is a scottish football player and coach .
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 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 -lrb- derek adams -rrb- 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 , but were reunited again when derek adams returned as ross county manager in 2011 .
both father and son were sacked by ross county in august 2014 .
