[1] Until its purchase by the Scottish Council for Physical Recreation (SCPR), it had been the Hills Hotel, and also had been commandeered by the army during the Second World War.
[citation needed] The centre is famous for training a generation of football managers such as Jose Mourinho, Fabio Capello, Andre Villas-Boas, Giovanni Trapattoni, Marcelo Lippi and Carlos Queiroz.
It comprises grass pitches, floodlit all-weather surfaces, an 860m square fitness suite and physical preparation area, fully equipped meeting rooms.
[clarification needed][3] Although its principal function is to provide a practice area or a base for elite athletes and teams, it is also open to the local community to become members of the fitness suite, attend classes or hire a court or pitch 7 days a week.
National Sports Training Centre Inverclyde underwent a £12m redevelopment and opened in its current form in April 2017.