Technical director Derek Broadley has drawn up a shortlist of four candidates for the vacant post of national team coach and will start interviewing next week.

It is believed Bermuda Hogges coach Kyle Lightbourne and Boulevard Blazers boss Andrew Bascome are among the frontrunners, while Broadley yesterday dismissed rumours that Fulham goalkeeper coach Vic Bettinelli, Clyde Best and Keith Tucker had put their names forward.

A source has confirmed that only Bermudians are being interviewed at this stage of the search, although there has been plenty of interest in the position from overseas.

American Keith Tabatznik, Tucker's national team assistant, is believed to have thrown his name into the ring but is not one of the candidates.

Over the next few days Broadley will sit down with new Bermuda Football Association (BFA) president Richard Calderon to discuss the hopefuls' credentials as the new regime prepares to make its first crucial appointment.

The BFA will also be interviewing four applicants for the youth director's position.

"Next week we plan to conduct the interviews for both the national team coach and youth director's post," said Broadley.

"There's a shortlist of four candidates for each position. I'm not surprised about who the candidates are and I believe there's sufficient quality in both shortlists.

"I can confirm that Clyde Best, Vic Bettinelli and Keith Tucker have not applied despite the rumours that have been circulating.

"I can't divulge who the candidates are as some of them are currently in full-time employment.

"Obviously Richard (Calderon) is a very busy man at the moment but I hope to be able to bring him up to speed over the next few days."

PHC supremo Lightbourne had initially been reluctant to apply for the national job having been axed from the role in 2006, despite taking Bermuda to their best ever finish in the Digicel Cup and moving them more than 60 places up the FIFA rankings.

If appointed, he would find himself working under a very different set-up than when he last occupied the hot seat following Calderon's ousting of Larry Mussenden, and with far more financial clout with the BFA now the richest sporting governing body in Bermuda.

Broadley has already indicated that he would not have a problem with the Hogges and the national team being coached by the same man, while local footballing guru Bascome is known to be a firm friend of Calderon.

It is thought some of Mussenden's closest allies at the BFA may resign following the former Attorney General's landslide defeat with Broadley hinting that the selection panel interviewing for the national team coach and youth director could now change as a result of Monday's election outcome.

Broadley's close relationship with the new chief dates back a number of years to when he was coach of Reading Rage, the Pennsylvania-based club in which Richard and Robert Calderon own a 30 percent stake in along with ex-Hammer Best.

"I do have a personal and professional relationship with Richard and I admit I'm looking forward to working with him," said Broadley.

"The presidential election was a no lose situation for me, really. I knew I had the support from Larry (Mussenden) but Richard was one of the main reasons I came to the Island initially.

"Either way, I couldn't lose. I've had many conversations with Richard over the years about football, both in Bermuda and while I was coaching Reading Rage. We're definitely on the same page.

"Richard's victory doesn't really change things for me and I'm still on the same path from a coaching standpoint.

"He wants to improve things from the grassroots upwards and that's also my philosophy."