It is often said that a week is a long time in football, and seven days ago Steven Schumacher was Plymouth Argyle assistant manager and preparing for the Pilgrims' second round FA Cup tie with Rochdale.
However, following manager Ryan Lowe's sudden departure to take charge of Championship side Preston North End Schumacher was quickly installed as his successor - after he opted to stay at Home Park instead of making the pilgrimage to Deepdale.
In his first game in charge against fellow promotion challengers Milton Keynes Dons, the Pilgrims came away from Stadium:mk with a 1-1 draw - as a 66th minute strike from Conor Grant cancelled out Tennai Watson's first half opener.
A graduate of the Everton youth academy, where he was coached by current Pilgrims' Director of Football Neil Dewsnip, Schumacher didn't quite make the final step required to break into the Toffees' first team. However, he did manage to carve out a successful career in the lower leagues with the likes of Bradford City, Crewe Alexandra, Bury and Fleetwood Town amongst others.
It was with Everton's academy that he started his coaching career and he has also had a spell as interim manager with Southport in National League North before he first linked up with Lowe at Bury in 2018.
Lowe and Schumacher were very much a partnership in the mould of Brian Clough and Peter Taylor, who achieved great success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest, but now he has the opportunity to play Bob Paisley to Lowe's Bill Shankly, who won three European Cups with Liverpool after the legendary Scotsman retired as Liverpool manager.
