The Sierra Leone Football Federation will present their new head coach John Keister to media today.
Keister is replacing Ghanaian coach Sellas Tetteh who nearly qualified the team to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.
He was heavily involved with Leone Stars under Sellas Tetteh.
Keister, 46, will be officially unveiled by the Ministry of Sports and the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) eight months after Leone Stars narrowly eliminated by Ivory Coast in Bouake for a place in Gabon 2017.
Football Sierra Leone understands that the former Chester City and Shrewsbury Town midfielder will work with an all-local and former Sierra Leone internationals as technical staffs.
Keister was player/assistant manager at the club but left in February 2011, and prior to this appointment has been the head coach of FC Johansen.
He guided FC Johansen to lift the 2016 Sierra Leone FA Cup. The club’s first major domestic trophy and was the assistant to Sellas Tetteh during the qualifiers for 2017 Nations Cup.