ALLY McCOIST has revealed he has no intention of quitting football when he finally parts company with Rangers.

But he expressed serious doubt that he would be able to manage any other club in Scotland in the future.

McCoist has handed in his resignation after a disappointing run of results - and rumours about his growing unhappiness at events behind the scenes at Ibrox.

The 52-year-old, who is now on a 12-month notice period, stressed he remains fully committed to his boyhood heroes despite speculation he will be paid off.

And he revealed that he would like to remain involved in the game in some capacity whenever he moves on.

"I would hate to say something and then it comes back to haunt me, but I don't think I could manage or coach any other team in Scotland," he said.

"But I love the game. Whether it is coaching somewhere else, or managing somewhere, I couldn't see myself not being involved in football."

Opinions among the Rangers support are divided on McCoist's ability as a football manager.

Some Light Blues fans believe the job was too demanding for him - while others maintain off-field events have made it impossible for him to flourish.

But McCoist feels he has plenty to offer another club given all he has been through during his roller-coaster tenure in charge of the Glasgow giants.

He said: "I probably think top of my CV would be 'can handle management under stressful situations'. That would be top of the list. That would be up there in bold print.

"But that would be all I could say really. As I have said before, I think it has been very difficult. Everybody will have their own opinions and everyone is entitled to them.

"But it is not just as clear-cut as that because there has been a lot of differing and varying factors that have affected my management and would affect anybody else's management."

McCoist has been deeply disappointed with results on the park in recent weeks and remains determined to help Rangers get back to winning ways.

The SPFL League One champions crashed to a 2-0 defeat to Queen of the South at Palmerston Park last Friday night to hand Championship leaders Hearts the chance to forge further ahead.

The capital club are at home to Alloa today and then meet part-time Cowdenbeath at Central Park in a re-arranged league game on Tuesday night.

But the former striker is confident that performances will not suffer on the park due to uncertainty over his personal situation.

He said: "I can understand people thinking standards might drop among players when they know a manager is leaving. But I can assure the supporters we won't allow that to happen.

"The standards did drop for the first time last Friday night. There is absolutely no excuse for the level of performance we put in last Friday. So we need to reassure people that standards at our club will be as high as possible.

"I can appreciate people saying I can leave now, of course I can, and I respect it. But I have got a contract to honour and that is what I am going to do because I ain't walking out on a contract because it's not the right thing to do.

"I made that statement [McCoist said Rangers 'don't do walking away' during administration] that has come back to haunt me many months ago. But the bottom line is, until someone tells me otherwise, I've got a contract I want to honour."

McCoist told how the response from the overwhelming majority of Rangers supporters he has spoken to since news broke that he had handed in his resignation had been positive.

He said: "The vast, vast majority of them have been very good in the respect they've thanked me. The majority are appreciative of the fact it's a very stressful job and it might be time for me, in a year's time, to enjoy my life.

"There hasn't been anything negative. There's been no flak as such. Look, you get flak for your management skills, but in terms of the decision I've made, there's been no flak."

"I don't know if I'll be an active shareholder after leaving the club. I haven't thought about that. But I would imagine I will be taking a seat in the stand with my sons and watching the games.

"I've not even thought about what I will do when I leave. It's been a heck of a week, as you can imagine, and I've just been trying to concentrate on training. Training has been absolutely first-class this week.

"We've really worked the boys hard and they've been great. That's been the focus. I haven't been thinking about anything other than we need to get three points today. That's an absolute necessity."

Meanwhile, McCoist has also stressed that his decision to quit doesn't affect the positions of his backroom team of Ian Durrant, Kenny McDowall and Jim Stewart whatsoever.

Asked if his staff would have to leave, McCoist said: "I don't think so. My staff have been absolutely first-class and I respect them 100 per cent. I've made a decision for me, not them."

However, his replacement is sure to want to bring in his own men and that would mean Durrant, McDowall and Stewart receiving compensation from their cash-strapped employers.

In total, Rangers, who last month revealed they had made a loss of over £8million in the last financial year, will have to fork out over £1m to sever ties with all four men.