Yorkshire captain Andrew Gale is hoping the county’s proposed new coaching structure will get the best out of director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon.
Interviews will take place for three of four newly-created roles at Headingley on Monday, with at least one of the five current coaches working under Moxon having to leave.
Current first-team coach Craig White, batting coach Kevin Sharp, academy director/bowling coach Steve Oldham, operations manager Ian Dews and second-team/assistant bowling coach John Blain have all been invited to reapply for their jobs.
The new positions are a senior coach to work primarily with the first team alongside Moxon and Gale.
Another senior coach will oversee the second team, although he will be used in other areas when required.
A director of cricket development will be appointed as the head of the club’s academy, while a fourth position will be a development manager to report to the director of cricket development.
Interviews for all but the development manager will take place on Monday, with external applications also having been welcomed.
Gale said: “The structure from last year meant that Martyn was just doing too much. With having no chief executive there as well, he was doing too much across the board.
“We’ve got to narrow that down and make sure he can concentrate solely on the right areas.
“I haven’t had much input into the restructure, to be honest. It’s something that Colin (Graves, chairman) and Martyn have sat down about. The structure that was in place wasn’t quite working as well as it could, so they’ve been looking for something different.
“I’m not 100 per cent sure how it’s going to work until someone’s appointed and I can sit down with them. When the structure’s sorted, I can sit down with the relevant people and find out exactly how we can go forward.”
Meanwhile, Gale has recently returned home from America, where he took part in a six-day charity bike ride in aid of Marie Curie Cancer care.
The batsman, and White Rose physiotherapist Scot McAllister, cycled just short of 300 miles between Yosemite National Park and San Francisco and says he loved the experience.
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