Scottish FA targets new women's head coach for June internationals

The Scottish FA are hopeful they will have Shelley Kerr's replacement in the door by June.

The Scotland women's national team have been without a head coach since December when Kerr decided to step down.

Stuart McLaren has taken over the role in an interim basis - but the SFA's head of girls' and women's football says they're looking to make an appointment before the next international window.

She said, :"We've had some really strong-quality candidates already, but we're not satisfied yet," she said.

"We want to make sure we've cast our net wide and far and we've got absolutely the best candidates to choose from to make sure we've got the right appointment.

"In an ideal world, we'd like to have a person in place for June, but the most important thing is that we get the right person, so there is a bit of flexibility," McIntyre said in an SFA interview - her first since moving from her role as Scottish Women's Football chief executive.

"We know the impact qualifying for major tournaments has on the game as a whole, so it's crucially important we take our time to get the right person and do our due diligence to find the person who is going to drive women's football forward and, most importantly, take us back to major tournaments."

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