Jim Brennan promoted to Toronto FC assistant coach

Posted May 14, 2012 1:57 pm.

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Former Toronto FC defender Jim Brennan has been promoted to assistant coach with the Major League Soccer team.

First team assistant Bob de Klerk has been promoted to technical manager in restructuring announced by head coach Aron Winter today.

Brennan has spent the past 15 months coaching Toronto’s under-17 academy team.

The former Canadian international was the first player signed by Toronto and the team’s first captain. He retired as a player in 2010.

According to the announcement, Paul Mariner, the team’s director of player development, will also take a more active role on the pitch.

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