Ghana Premier League club Inter Allies have announced engaging the services of Japanese-American coach Kenichi Yatsuhashi.
Yatsuhashi returns to the country after leaving Hearts in June 2016 where he enjoyed an explosive start to his first professional coaching job.
The 48-year-old is expected to lead the technical bench of the ‘Eleven is-to One’ boys. He is again tasked to take control of the youth system and decide which players to promote to the senior side.
A statement on the club’s website read;
As promised, the Management of Inter Allies FC have reached agreement with Kenichi Yatsuhasi to be the new Head Coach of the Club and its youth development side – Cedar Stars Academy, Ghana.
The new Coach will arrive in time for the Club’s pre-season ahead of the 2017/18 campaign.
The President of Inter Allies FC Rabeh EL- Eter: “We are glad to have Kenichi as our Head Coach for the coming season.”
The Japanese trainer has huge knowledge of the terrain having coached in the Ghana Premier League with Hearts of Oak where he had a successful tenure with the Phobians.
He also worked with Nigerian Premier League side FC Ifeanyi Ubah in 2016 and Cambodian C-League club Tiger FC in 2017.