It's official! The prodigal son has returned home.

Dennis Brown brought to an end his ten-year exile from Somerset Cricket Club when he signed a one-year soccer coaching deal with his former club yesterday.

The talented sweeper guided Trojans to numerous championships during an illustrious career which added plenty of sparkle to `Silver City' in the 1980s and early 1990s.

Brown replaces Mark Trott who had been at the helm for the past two seasons.

Trojans were relegated to the First Division at the end of last season after failing to capitalise on a promising start.

The former player said he felt obliged to give something back to the club which helped his development into one of Bermuda's most outstanding centre-backs.

"A lot of people spent time with me in Somerset to make sure that I was going in the right direction as a young player and a young person," said Brown yesterday. "So it's probably my destiny in the end to go back and put something back into the community that I was brought up in."

Brown has wasted little time settling back in as the ex-Bermuda international skipper has called a special meeting next week during which he will lay down guidelines to his players.

"I will be meeting with the players as soon as possible to let them know of my intentions as coach and where it is I would like to see the team go. But my first task is to change some of the players' attitudes.

"Some players I may not even want because of their attitudes and in one instance it's going to be cleaning house before everything gets back on track," added Brown.

The incoming coach said he would also like to see his predecessors, Trott and Paul Scope, remain onboard to assist.

Brown, who last coached at Wolves, has already laid out a five-year plan which he hopes to bring to fruition.

"Initially we have a five-year plan to get the club back to where it has the potential to be and my contract is for one-year with a view of extending it to five years," he said.

Brown currently assists the senior national team with Gary Darrell and comes highly qualified for the job. He presently holds both a Bermuda C and B coaching licence.

During his outstanding career, Brown guided Trojans to five league titles, two FA Cup triumphs, three Friendship Trophies, five Martonmere Cups and a Dudley Eve crown.

Brown also went down in the history books as the last coach to win a Dudley Eve championship when Wolves won the former competition title in 2002.