Connacht head coach Pat Lam has confirmed that Conor McPhillips will join his coaching team as assistant attack coach for the 2015/16 season.
McPhillips, who will continue as head performance analyst for the province, has previous coaching experience with St Marys RFC as well as director of rugby with Newbridge College in Co Kildare.
Most recently, he was named as head coach of the Connacht Sevens' side that finished thjrd in the Limerick World Club 7s in August.
Top try scorer for Connacht until Fionn Carr surpassed him in 2010, McPhillips played with Connacht from 2003 to 2008, earning 120 caps. After a coaching stint in Dublin, he returned to Connacht in 2010 to take up the role of performance analyst.
The new appointment completes the Connacht coaching ticket for the new season. Head coach Pat Lam, in his third year at the helm, is joined by Jimmy Duffy, forwards coach, while Andre Bell and Dave Ellis will continue as backs and kicking coach and skills coach respectively.
