It’s a shame about dad’s Alzheimer’s. If he was in health I’d tell club to make him boss & and me No.2 .. it’d mean a lot if I could show him I’ve made it as a gaffer like him

SAYS

“I still look in the mirror and think I had a pretty good career. But I messed it up for myself a bit.

“Then when my dad became a manager I wanted to make sure that I became a better coach.

“But I saw him go from big club to big club and thought, ‘ This isn’t going to be easy either!’

“As I got older, I realised it didn’t really matter.” Holland has been Scott’s home for many years and he always felt he’d get more coaching opportunities there than in Scotland.

One day, he would love to manage in the UK and has ambitions of operating at the highest level.

But for now, his sole objective is to get Dordrecht away from the foot of the Dutch second tier.

He said: “I’d love to be a manager in England or Scotland. The year I had at Ross County with my dad was brilliant.

“I’d prefer to be managing in the UK but my name is better known in Holland than it is back there.

“You get more coaching opportunities the more people know you.

“I’ve applied for jobs as assistant or head coach in the lower divisions of the SPFL. But for some reason they seem to go for guys who’ve already been at clubs.

“They always seem to fall back on the same names.

“But if I do well in this job in Holland maybe people back home will take more notice. That’s what I’m hoping to do.

“The mentality of players here is different. In training Dutch players constantly ask the coach, ‘ Why?’

“Why are we doing this? Why don’t we do that? That’s what they’re like.

“Scottish players are different, they do whatever the manager says. In Scotland it’s about the gaffer. In Holland, the manager is more about the coach.

“Ambition can be a dirty word in football nowadays because people think you’re being arrogant.

“But I’d like to manage at the highest level – that’s the dream for any young coach, isn’t it?

“At the moment I want to take everything one step at a time.

“We have a young squad at Dordrecht, a lot of players only 19 or 20. So it’s a big job to develop this team. At this age, players will make mistakes and I must accept that as a coach.

“But my job is to ensure they learn from them and any mistakes don’t affect their confidence. I enjoy that side of it.”