Former Plymouth Argyle manager Paul Sturrock will be working with Torquay United manager Chris Hargreaves for the remainder of the season.
Sturrock, 58, who still lives locally, has attended a number of games at the Launa Windows Stadium this season, and he will be looking to help identify the kind of players required to hopefully help the Gulls to challenge at the right end of the Vanarama Conference table next season.
After a sterling playing career with Dundee United and Scotland - he was part of the Scotland squads for the 1982 and 1986 World Cups - Sturrock started his managerial career with St Johnstone before returning to Tannadice to manage the Terrors.
On leaving Dundee United in 2000, he was first appointed as Plymouth Argyle manager during the 2000-01 season, and led the Pilgrims to the Third Division title during the 2001-02 campaign with a record 102 points.
Sturrock then established the Pilgrims in the Second Division and led them part of the way to a second title in the 2003-04 season before accepting the chance to manage Southampton.
His stay at the St Mary's Stadium proved to be a brief one, but it wasn't long before he was back in management with Sheffield Wednesday. Sturrock led the Owls back to the Championship in his first season in charge - the 2004-05 campaign - as they beat Hartlepool in the League One Play-off final on penalties.
Following his departure from Hillsborough in 2006, Sturrock's next port of call was Swindon Town, who he guided to promotion from League Two in the 2006-07 season.
Midway through the 2007-08 campaign, he returned to Home Park for a second spell after Ian Holloway left the Pilgrims to accept the manager's position at Leicester City.
At this point Argyle were in the Championship, but despite a 10th placed league finish in the 2007-08 season - their highest since the mid-1980's - Sturrock failed to re-create the magic of his first spell.
In the 2008-09 campaign, they narrowly avoided relegation from the Championship. By this time, he had also been diagnosed with a mild form of Parkinsons disease.
Half way through the 2009-10 season, he accepted an offer to become the club's Business Support Manager and Paul Mariner was appointed as Head Coach.
Sturrock left Home Park again at the end of the 2009-10 season and, in the summer of 2010, he was appointed as manager of Southend United, where he was assisted by former Pilgrims' defender Graham Coughlan.
During his time at Roots Hall, the Shrimpers reached the League Two Play-offs, where they were losing semi-finalists along with the Gulls, who were then managed by Martin Ling.
He departed Roots Hall on March 24th 2013, after he had ensured that they had reached the final of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy, which was due to have been played on April 7th 2013. He was invited to lead the team out for the final, but he declined.
Whilst he never managed Chris Hargreaves as a player, his departure as a player at Home Park came several months after Sturrock's arrival, two of his former charges are currently employed at the Launa Windows Stadium.
Hargreaves's assistant Lee Hodges played under him with the Pilgrims, and youth coach Craig Easton served under him at Dundee United, Swindon and Southend.
