Wrexham-born Davies replaces former Chester defender Ian Sharps, who left the club yesterday afternoon, as Dean Keates begins to shape both his first-team squad and backroom team following a disappointing 2017/18 campaign.
In a statement, released via the club's official website - Saddlers.co.uk - they confirm; Walsall Football Club are delighted to confirm the appointment of Andy Davies as the club’s new assistant manager. The move sees the 39-year-old reunite with Saddlers boss Dean Keates, who he worked alongside at his hometown club Wrexham.
Davies spent 25 years at the Racecourse Ground, starting out as a schoolboy and being offered a scholarship at 16. He turned his hand to coaching and held roles as Youth Team Coach and Centre of Excellence Manager before being promoted to Keates’ number two in October 2016.
Under the pair’s guidance, Wrexham lost only six of 37 league matches this season, conceding a league-low 28 goals and keeping a club-record 20 clean sheets. Following Keates' departure to the Saddlers in March, Davies was placed in charge of the Dragons until the end of the 2017/18 season.