CHIEF executive Colin Gordon will look after team affairs as Kidderminster Harriers take their time to try and find a replacement for sacked head coach Dave Hockaday.

The club’s majority shareholder will become caretaker for the second time following Hockaday’s departure on Thursday.

In a frank video interview on the club’s website, he and chairman Rod Brown admitted that the appointment of Hockaday had been a mistake.

Gordon, who is a qualified FA coach, will be assisted by Kevin Phillips and Scott Mason.

The duo made it clear they want to appoint a head coach before the end of the season.

“We’re going to take our time to find a head coach, it’s important to do that,” said Brown.

“Putting our hands up, maybe we should have taken more time the first time around.

“It’s something we can learn from.

“We need somebody in place by the end of the season but that’s quite a few games away. The phones are ringing all the time but we’ll take our time.”

Gordon also stated that there was no interference with Hockaday on team affairs and that the head coach had responsibility for scouting players as well as selection and tactics.

He said: “We will definitely be looking to appoint someone for the long term good of the club.

“Hopefully the next person will stay with us for a long time.

“There is a lot of conjecture about the head coach/manager role.

"For the matter of record, it doesn’t matter if it was manager or head coach, nobody but nobody selects the team but the person who is responsible for it and that is the head coach.

“The head coach decided what players to bring in, the head coach decided on tactics, head coach decided what the team was. I have not had a say, not at all.

“The majority of lads we’ve brought in we had a look at in under-21 games or coaching sessions. There’s very few who we have brought in from other clubs because they were suitable.

“Nobody who has been told who to pick or choose.

“I understand the confusion between manager and head coach but the head coach is the boss.”

Hockaday joined the club in October and while delivering Kiddy’s only two wins of the season, he lost ten out of 13 games including FA Cup and FA Trophy derby defeats to Stourbridge.