Green yet to be offered Exeter City manager's job
Dan Green left Exeter City in August 2022 before re-joining the club two years later
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Exeter City interim manager Dan Green says he has not yet been offered the manager's role on a full-time basis.
The 34-year-old has been in charge since Gary Caldwell left to take on the head coach job at former club Wigan Athletic.
Green, who has had spells coaching Exeter's academy and first team as well as spending time at Aston Villa's academy and with Rotherham United, has led City to two draws since Caldwell's departure.
"It's not something that we have discussed within the numerous conversations that we've had," Green told BBC Radio Devon when asked if the club's board had offered him the job.
"I think at the moment, since we've lost three members of staff, the workload and the focus has just been around preparing for the next opposition, making sure the individuals get what they need and provide them with as much stability as possible.
"I always take huge pride in representing the club in any role that I have done, and I will continue to do that."
Gary Caldwell (right) brought Dan Green into Exeter's first-team coaching set-up when he returned to the club in the summer of 2024
Green first joined Exeter as a 14-year-old and got into coaching after not getting a playing contract at 18.
In the 20 years since he first joined the St James Park club, Exeter have had just three permanent managers - Paul Tisdale, Matt Taylor and Caldwell.
Green says fans can be assured that the League One club are working hard on finding a new permanent manager.
"All I can do to reassure them is to say that there's really good people at this football club that are trying to do their very best job to make a really well-informed decision," said Green.
"Now, probably because of our history in terms of not having to do this too often, maybe that can take longer than people would like in a fairly instant world that we live in.
"But I think this football club has been based around making really well-considered decisions and I think that's what it needs to continue to do. It's about making the right decision in the short, the medium and the long term."
Exeter have scored four goals and conceded four goals in Dan Green's two games in charge
Green takes the side to third-placed Bolton Wanderers on Saturday with Exeter having not won in six matches but having drawn five times in that spell.
He says his biggest learning curve since taking charge of the team is how much extra a manager has to consider apart from getting ready for matches.
"Everyone thinks it's around preparing for Bolton and what tactics you're going to use," he said.
"But we're in the people game. You need people to feel comfortable, you need them to feel safe in the environment to be able to perform and that's why my real focus has been around providing stability for people.
"Whether that's staff, whether that's players, we've found a real strong connection to the staff and the players in this period about trying to make sure they're OK."
He added: "When you lose good people there's lots of gaps. People have two choices, those gaps get bigger or people fill in the gaps, and I think between the players and the staff there's been a real togetherness over this last 10-day period.
"People have come together, they've really pulled together to make sure that the players are prepared, to make sure things run as smoothly as they possibly can.
"We all appreciate the elite level that we're working at at this football club and we know that the margins are so fine in these games, and we have to do everything to be at our very best.
"I've taken a real sense of pride in the way that everyone's come together."
