Career
He is currently assistant coach with Newcastle United. Cathro played youth football for Forfar Athletic and Brechin City. He never played as a professional.
After working as a local youth coach in Dundee, Cathro became the head of Dundee United"s youth academy at the age of 22.
During his time with Dundee United, he also worked for the Scottish Football Association"s local youth programme. During his time in Dundee Cathro helped bring through a number of notable young talent working with players such as Ryan Gauld and John Souttar from a young age, Gauld has cited Cathro as one of the biggest influences on his career.
In 2012,he became the assistant manager of Portuguese club Rio Avenue. In 2014, he followed Nuno, his manager at Rio Avenue, to Spanish club Valencia, where he also became assistant manager.
The two had first met at an SFA coaching course in Scotland in 2009.
He resigned his Valencia post on 11 June 2015. A fortnight later, he agreed to join Premier League side Newcastle United as assistant to Steve McClaren, the recently appointed manager.
