FORMER Cherries manager Shaun Brooks has been appointed head coach at Poole Town.

Brooks will be added to the existing managerial team with James Wood continuing his role as boss Tom Killick’s right-hand man.

The 52-year-old, who had an informal role coaching the youth and under-21 teams at Tatnam last season, managed Cherries’ youth team with sidekick Paul Groves after the pair had been relieved of their first-team duties at Dean Court in October 2012.