Tommy Wright left Ballymena United at the end of April

Tommy Wright has accepted a role as goalkeeping coach at Norwich City.

Wright turned down a similar offer at the start of the year to remain in charge of Ballymena United but he left the Sky Blues at the end of the season.

"I'm absolutely delighted and fortunate that the opportunity has come up again. I was close to going in January but decided to stay at the last minute.

"Since then I felt the time was right to leave Ballymena and this job became vacant again 10 days ago," said Wright.

"In January, my head said go but my heart said stay, and there were also some personal reasons involved with regard to my family.

"Since then a lot of things have happened on and off the pitch with regard to myself and Irish League football.

"Fortunately the job at Norwich became vacant again and Glenn Roeder asked me to take it.

"People can speculate about my reasons for leaving Ballymena and I can't stop that but my friends and family know that this opportunity has just come up.

"While at Ballymena, I took on too much, that wore me down and I had to get away from it.

"This is a great opportunity for me to develop as a goalkeeping coach and I believe I will be working with one of the best managers outside the Premiership."

Wright has agreed a two-year contract with Norwich with a remit to work with the club's senior goalkeepers, and also the young keepers at the club.