Coventry sacks longest-serving EFL boss Mark Robins

  • Coventry City sacked the EFL's longest-serving manager, Mark Robins, after almost eight years in charge.

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Robins returned for a second stint in charge at the Coventry Building Society Stadium back in 2017 and led the club from League Two to the Championship.

Coventry was also 90 minutes away from a remarkable return to the Premier League but lost the play-off final to Luton Town at the end of the 2022-2023 season.

It placed ninth last season but did return to Wembley where they were beaten by Manchester United in a dramatic FA Cup semi-final.

Across his second tenure, Robins oversaw 387 matches, winning 157 (D98 L132), averaging a win percentage of 39.97 percent, a total only bettered during spells with Rotherham United (43.41 percent) and his first stint with the Sky Blues (51.52 percent). 

It has been a slow start to the 2024-2025 campaign, though, and a 2-1 defeat to Derby County left them 17th but level on points with Plymouth Argyle in the relegation places.

Rhys Carr, who joined as a first-team coach back in July, has been named as interim manager.

Mark Gordon Robins
Mark Gordon Robins
Coventry City FC