Tommy McIntyre (born 26 December 1963) is a Scottish

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coach and a former player, who played for

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and

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in the 1980s and 1990s. He was most recently the manager of the B squad of

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. McIntyre began his career at

but left them to join

in 1986. He soon became an important part of

Alex Miller Alex Miller (born 4 July 1949) is a Scottish football manager and former player. As a player, he had a 15-year career with Rangers, winning several trophies. As a manager, he won the 1991–92 Scottish League Cup with Hibernian. He subsequen ...

's side, winning the

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in 1991 and made over 100 league appearances for the club. He scored the opening goal in the 1991 Scottish League Cup Final with a

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. After retiring as a player, McIntyre was employed by the

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as their head of youth developmentCeltic face Hearts in semi-finals

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, 1 March 2005. and assistant technical director. He left the latter position on 1 July 2009 to become the new head of

's Professional Academy.McIntyre to take up Hoops post
,

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, 20 April 2009.

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* * 1963 births Aberdeen F.C. players Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Celtic F.C. non-playing staff Men's association football defenders Hibernian F.C. players Living people Scottish Football League players Scottish men's footballers Footballers from Bellshill Scottish football managers Scottish football coaches Lowland Football League managers 20th-century Scottish sportsmen {{Scotland-footy-defender-1960s-stub