David Hemp has ruled himself out of the race to replace Gus Logie as Bermuda's next cricket coach, in favour of a long-term teaching job in England.

The criteria laid down by the Bermuda Cricket Board for the role, a Level Three coach with past playing experience and a degree, seemed tailor-made for Hemp, who is in the process of gaining his ECB Level Four Coaching Award.

However the batsman, who was one of the few success stories to come out of the World Cup qualifying campaign in South Africa in April, has said that although he knew the position had been advertised, he hadn't yet even looked at the job description.

"The school made me an offer last week of staying with them long-term, and that is the direction I am going in at the moment," said Hemp.

"I haven't really given much attention to the Bermuda job. I knew it had been advertised, but I haven't looked at it. At the moment I'm not at the stage in my life where it is a move I want.

"It would be a massive move for the family and not one we're looking to make."

Instead Hemp is focusing all his efforts on improving the state of cricket at Solihull School, where he has been coaching for the past few months.

"I'm working on a new cricket programme for the school and I want to get that done, so I haven't given the job a lot of thought, or the attention that it would require. I'm so busy with school I don't have the time.

"I'm planning on what I will do with the school cricket programme when we come back after the summer holidays in September at the moment. I have three-and-a-half weeks before we break up for summer, and I want to get a development programme in place by then.

"I have been working with the first team so far, but when I go back I'll be working with all the age groups, from under-12s upwards.

"I want to get them thinking about cricket during the winter, working out the way to play the game.

"There are some talented players here, and out under-13s were in a national semi-final recently, so there is a lot to work with."

While Hemp has ruled himself out of the coaching job he has once again signalled his desire to continue to play for Bermuda, if the new man in charge wants him.

"I want to carry on playing, but it's for the next person to make a decision as to whether they want me or not," said Hemp.

"This job is a great opportunity for someone to develop cricket on the Island and take the country back to where it should be on the international stage.

"Whoever is in charge might decide that they want to focus on bringing the younger players through, and don't want a 39-year-old in the team.

"There is a lot of natural ability on the Island, and there are some good young players coming through. Someone with some new ideas, a different way of doing things might be exactly what we need.

"It is a great opportunity and challenge for someone, and I want to help anyway I can."

Interest in the job is expected to be global, with the BCB advertising the role through the ICC's website, and email list to all member associations.

The deadline for applications closes at the end of this month, but cricket board chief executive Neil Speight, said they wouldn't be rushed into naming a replacement.

"The deadline for applications is the end of June, Gus leaves in September, and we would certainly hope to have someone in by then, " said Speight.

"It would be nice to have a transition period, but it will take as long as it takes. We want to make sure we get the right person.

"The job criteria that we laid down relates to the quality of candidate that we're looking for.

"We don't want to the new man to be hands off; we very much want them to coach the senior team.

"But we also want them to oversee the national high performance programme as well.

"There is a coaching philosophy in place where we want all the teams from youth through to senior level to be hearing the same message from the coaches."

Whoever takes charge will have an exciting crop of young players to work with, some of whom are expected to be named in a new High Performance Senior Squad next week.

The new squad is expected to see the return of Malachi Jones to the national fold and there may well be a place for Jordan De Silva as well.

Under-19 skipper Terryn Fray has also been linked with a place in a squad that is expected to be dominated by youth as the BCB looks to the future of the Island's national cricket team.