Peter Stanley, the man behind the incredible success of triple jumper Jonathan Edwards, and Alexei Evangulov, one of the world's best-known diving coaches, are among the 18 Team Leaders appointed by Commonwealth Games England (CGE) for Glasgow 2014, insidethegames can reveal.
Each Team Leader, whose position will be officially confirmed later today, will hold responsibility for their sport's performance at the Games whilst acting as the link between CGE and their respective National Governing Body(NGB).
England are hoping to send a team of more than 400 athletes to compete in 18 different disciplines in Scotland where they will be hoping to improve on their performance in New Delhi in 2010 where they slipped to third on the medals table behind Australia and India.
The appointments include six former England competitors plus Stanley for athletics, Evangulov for diving, and Dawn Peart, Team GB's swimming manager at London 2012.
Stanley worked with Edwards' throughout his career, including when he set the world record of 18.29 metres in 1995 and won the Olympic triple jump title at Sydney 2000 and the Commonwealth Games gold medal at Manchester 2002.
Evangulov, meanwhile, helped guide Tom Daley to the bronze medal in the 10 metre platform at London 2012.
All 18 Team Leaders have already engaged in the development programme, designed to brief, develop, educate and update key personnel and support staff in order to ensure that they are prepared and equipped for Glasgow 2014.
As part of the programme, Team Leaders have already attended workshops St. George's Park, the Football Association's new state-of-the-art training facility, and Glasgow 2014, where each Team Leader was able to meet competition managers and visit venues.
"I am delighted to welcome such a high quality group of Team Leaders to Team England and look forward to working with each of them in the coming months," said Jan Paterson, England's Chef de Mission.
"I must thank our NGBs for their assistance in the recruitment process, all of whom have been hugely helpful.
"We have a very strong team made up of both familiar and new faces; a team that will work hard to help us achieve our ambitions."
Other notable appointments include Jens Grill, the Dane who is performance director at Badminton England; Keith Reynolds, who won a gold medal in the time trial the last occasion the Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, in 1986, and who now works for British Cycling; and Karen Roberts, winner of the gold medal in the under-63 kilogram event at the Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games, who is now performance operations manager at British Judo.
Several Team Leaders have attended multiple Commonwealth Games, including Mike Weinstock in gymnastics.
Glasgow 2014 will be his sixth Games having served as a coach at Auckland 1990 and Victoria 1994, team manager in Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006, and then Team Leader at Delhi 2010.
John Bell, who will be Team Leader for bowls, participated as a player at Victoria 1994 and Kuala Lumpur 1998, was team manager at Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006 and performance director for Delhi 2010, where 11 of the team of 12 won medals.
Martyn White, England Shooting's performance director, has been member of the team's support staff at the past four Commonwealth Games.
It continues a tradition as his father John was England team manager at the 1990, 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games.
"I am very pleased to say that once again we have a very strong group of Team Leaders, and each one brings great knowledge and experience in their sport to the role," said Don Parker, England's Deputy Chef de Mission for sport.
"With a team of world-class athletes, we need to provide world-class leadership.
"It is vital that each of our sports has a well-prepared Team Leader that can deal with all the challenges that the Commonwealth Games can pose.
"Our Team Leaders will go to Glasgow with the knowledge that they have had the best possible preparation for the Games."
The full list of Team Leaders is:
Athletics - Peter Stanley; Badminton - Jens Grill; Boxing - John Hallam; Cycling - Keith Reynolds; Diving - Alexei Evangulov; Gymnastics - Mike Weinstock; Hockey - Danny Kerry; Judo - Karen Roberts; Lawn bowls - John Bell; Netball - Sarah Gandon; Rugby sevens - Nadine Cooke; Shooting - Martyn White; Squash - Louise Pickford; Swimming - Dawn Peart; Table Tennis - Jon Pett; Triathlon - James Taylor; Weightlifting - Maggie Lynes; Wrestling - Shaun Morley.