ADAM Murray wants to take Kidderminster Harriers to the next level following his appointment as the club’s new manager.
Murray has replaced Phil Brown in the Aggborough dugout following a successful spell in charge of National League South side Eastbourne Borough.
Eastbourne missed out on the title by a single point before losing the play-off semi-finals – not dissimilar to Harriers in the National League North.
And Murray, who won the National League North title with AFC Fylde in 2022/23, is targeting success with Harriers next season.
Murray said: “It’s great to be here, I’m really happy to be at a wonderful football club, it’s a place that has always held a place in my heart.
“To come back here as manager is a dream come true, it’s been a whirlwind.
“I’ve got a lot of positive energy, it’s a league I know well and a league I’ve been successful in and one that I aim to be successful in again.
“This has always been a big football club, that’s never changed, it’s always been a club with ambition and unbelievable passion from the terraces.
“It’s something I’ve always wanted to be part of and play a part in, I’m over the moon to be here.
“I aim to give it everything I’ve got and take the club to the next level and push again.”
Murray made 22 appearances for Kidderminster as a player, scoring three goals, in a career which spanned more than 500 games in the Premier League, Football League and non-league.
And Birmingham-born Murray has been itching to return to Aggborough ever since his first spell with the club as a player in the early stages of his career in the sport.
Murray added: “It was a short period and if I’m being totally honest, as a young man and a young footballer, I was probably a car crash as a person back then.
“I’ve most definitely evolved as a human being.
“From a football point of view I loved it here, I got a sense of what the football club was about.
“It’s always been a role I’ve looked at and felt I want an opportunity there and fortunately the chairman has given me that opportunity.
“I’m hoping I can bring back the feeling I had here as a player which I really loved.
“To be back in front of there supporters again is going to be something really special for me.”
