Ghanaian top-flight side Medeama Sporting Club have appointed David Duncan as new head coach ahead of the upcoming league season.[ads2]
The astute tactician has joined the two-time Ghana FA Cup champions on a year deal subject to renewal for another year.
The former Black Stars assistant coach is making a return to the local league after 2016 when he was fired as Asante Kotoko head coach.
Medeama started last season campaign with Ignatius Osei-Fosu who replaced Yaw Preko but the former Techiman Eleven Wonders gaffer was sacked after five matches in the Ghana Premier League.[ads3]
After the sacking of Ignatius Osei-Fosu, former Right to Dreams tactician Umar Abdul Rabi who joined Medeama as assistant coach took over on interim basis, finishing second on the league table last season with 56 points.
David Duncan has joined Medeama with vast experience, having coached AshantiGold SC, Great Olympics, and Sekondi Hasaacas as well.
The 58-year-old trainer has also coached South African giants, Free State Stars.
He named of the Coach of the Ghana U-17 in 2004 and led the side to win silver at the 2005 African Under-17 Championship in the Gambia.[ads4]
Duncan, however, returned to national team duties where he took the Ghana U-23, The Black Meteors, coaching duties in 2011. He was tasked to qualify the team for the London Olympics but they were knocked out by Sudan 2–1 on aggregate in the qualifiers.
In January 2020, Duncan was appointed as the assistant coach of the Ghana national football team, the Black Stars, deputizing the previous assistant coach Charles K. Akonnor who had replaced James Kwesi Appiah.
However, Duncan and his boss, Akonnor were sacked by the Ghana Football Association after the country’s shaky start to the 2022 World Cup.
With the Ghana Premier League set to kick off this weekend, Duncan is expected to be in the dugout.
Medeama SC will commence the betPawa Premier League campaign with an away game against Legon Cities at the El-Wak Stadium on Friday.[ads5]