Overview
- The club confirmed on Sunday that head coach Glenn Whelan and assistant Danny Ventre have left following a run of one cup exit and mixed league results.
- David Martindale has stepped back into the dugout as interim head coach with Frankie McAvoy assisting and Grant Murray and Brian Potter joining the backroom team.
- Whelan departs with Livingston fifth in the Scottish Championship after two wins and three defeats and a 1-0 home loss to Marvin Bartley’s Stenhousemuir that intensified pressure on the coaching staff.
- Chairman Calvin Ford said the club will hire a search firm and run a wider, data-led recruitment process to find a permanent head coach that fits Livingston’s game model.
- The change sends a short-term signal of returning to established internal leadership and raises expectations that the new recruitment approach will aim to restore the club’s performance after relegation from the Premiership in May.