George Adams (born 1 July 1950) is a Scottish football player and coach. While he was a player, Adams was

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's first signing as a manager, moving to

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from

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in 1974. His playing career was disrupted by injury, and he became a manager in the

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at a young age. Adams later worked for Alex Ferguson as a youth coach at

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. 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

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and

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. 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

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with chief executive

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as the reason for his departure. Later in 2005, Adams joined Ross County as

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. In 2007, Adams appointed his son (

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) as Ross County

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. The father and son pairing guided Ross County to the

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, recording upset victories over Hibernian and

en route. The pairing were split when Adams left Ross County to become assistant manager to

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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.Ross County sack manager Derek Adams and his father George
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Personal life

Adams was Sir Alex Ferguson first signing as a Manager. He has a son and daughter called Derek and Leigh-Anne.

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