Struggling Coventry sack manager Robins

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Mark Robins first managed Coventry in 2012



Coventry City boss Mark Robins, the English Football League's longest serving manager, has been sacked by the Championship club.

Robins, 54, was in his second spell as Sky Blues boss, having returned to the club in March 2017 after the sacking of Russell Slade.

His departure in the wake of Wednesday's defeat by Derby County comes after just four wins in 14 Championship games this season that leaves the Sky Blues 17th in the table and equal on points with Plymouth in the relegation spots.

Robins' sacking comes just over 17 months since he got the Sky Blues to within one win of a Premier League return, with Coventry beaten by Luton Town on penalties in the Championship play-off final in May 2023.

Coventry City boss Mark Robins, the English Football League's longest serving manager, has been sacked by the Championship club.

Robins, 54, was in his second spell as Sky Blues boss, having returned to the club in March 2017 after the sacking of Russell Slade.

His departure in the wake of Wednesday's defeat by Derby County comes after just four wins in 14 Championship games this season that leaves the Sky Blues 17th in the table and equal on points with Plymouth in the relegation spots.

Robins' sacking comes just over 17 months since he got the Sky Blues to within one win of a Premier League return, with Coventry beaten by Luton Town on penalties in the Championship play-off final in May 2023.

Coventry's struggles at the start of this campaign are in marked contrast to the success largely experienced in Robins' second spell.

A month after replacing Slade, Robins took City to Wembley, winning the EFL Trophy, before returning to the stadium for the League Two play-off final, which they won, beating Exeter 3-1, to win promotion to League One.

The club's first promotion in more than half a century was then followed by another in 2019-20 as the 'homeless' Sky Blues won the League One title in the Covid-curtailed season at their base at Birmingham City's St Andrew's off the back of a 14-game unbeaten run.

After finishing 16th and 12th, Coventry came within one game of ending their then 22-year exile from the Premier League when they lost to Luton in the Championship play-off final at Wembley.

Then came last season's run in the FA Cup where they lost an epic semi-final to eventual winners Manchester United in the club's fourth visit to Wembley under Robins.

Much of Robins' success was achieved despite years of uncertainty and upheaval off the field that culminated in a change of ownership of the club's landlords at the CBS Arena followed by the sale of the club itself to businessman Doug King in January 2023.