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EFL manager sacked as Hull City’s Championship rivals make big decision
The longest-serving manager in the league has left his role
Hull City’s Championship rivals Coventry City have sacked manager Mark Robins, bringing an end to the longest-serving manager’s tenure in the Championship after more than seven years in charge.
Wednesday night’s 2-1 home defeat to Derby County brought an end to Robins’ impressive reign at the CBS Arena which began with the Sky Blues in League One, and took in an FA Cup final and a Championship play-off final. They narrowly missed out on promotion to the top flight in 2023 after losing on penalties to Luton Town at Wembley.
Coventry have won just four games this season and sit 17th in the table, one place above City with both clubs only outside the bottom three on goal difference after their respective midweek defeats.
The Sky Blues host City at the CBS next month and will hope to have a new manager in charge by the time the two sides meet on December 14. City themselves have endured a poor start to the season and boss Tim Walter is under mounting pressure, though Hull Live understands his position is not under threat ahead of Sunday’s home meeting with West Brom.
“Coventry City Football Club has made the difficult decision to terminate the contract of Mark Robins as manager with immediate effect,” the Midlands club said in a statement.
“Since 2017, Mark has overseen the resurrection of Coventry City Football Club from the depths of League Two, to Champions of League One and to a hairs breadth away from both the Premier League and a second FA Cup Final, whilst competing in the Championship for a fifth consecutive season.
