Hull City has confirmed interim coach Liam Rosenior as their new head coach after signing a two-and-a-half-year contract. Rosenior had been a member of the Derby coaching team since 2019, serving in a variety of capacities, including serving as Wayne Rooney’s deputy manager and serving twice as the Rams’ temporary manager. The 38-year-old, along with Patrick Vieira at Crystal Palace, Paul Ince at Reading, and Vincent Kompany as Burnley’s manager, is just the fourth Black manager in the top two divisions of English football. Hull is in 21st place in the Championship table under Rosenior, one point above the bottom three. On Saturday, Hull will travel to ninth-placed Millwall for his first game in command.
Along with owner Acun Ilicali, the youthful manager was present for Hull’s 3-1 loss to Middlesbrough on Tuesday night. After Shota Arveladze was fired in late September, Hull’s first team was temporarily managed by caretaker manager Andy Dawson, who will continue to serve on Rosenior’s coaching staff, according to the Championship club.
Hull was in talks with former Olympiacos manager Pedro Martins, a Portuguese national, but on October 7 Ilicali said the club “could not match his expectations” and switched to other candidates. Between 2010 and 2015, Liam Rosenior participated in 161 games for Hull City, helping the team achieve promotion to the Premier League in 2013 and go to the FA Cup final the following year. The former right-back also played for Fulham, Reading, and Bristol City, and had a coaching position at Brighton.
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