Paul Francis has been appointed the head coach of the MVP Track Club, taking over from his brother Stephen.
Stephen Francis will no longer have head-coaching duties at the club and will instead provide private coaching services to select individual athletes including Olympic champions Elaine Thompson and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and World Championships bronze medallist Stephenie-Ann McPherson among others.
Hurdlers such as Melaine Walker will be coached by 2009 sprint hurdles world champion Brigitte Foster-Hylton. Both Francis brothers will continue to coach the UTech track team.
Paul, has been a coach at the club since co-founding it in 1999 and has a Level 4 coaching certificate in sprints and hurdles.