Russ Wilcox
 Wilcox as Scunthorpe United manager in 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Russell Wilcox | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Hemsworth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | York City (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985–1986 | Frickley Athletic | ||
| 1986–1990 | Northampton Town | 138 | (9) |
| 1990–1993 | Hull City | 100 | (7) |
| 1993–1995 | Doncaster Rovers | 81 | (6) |
| 1995–1997 | Preston North End | 62 | (1) |
| 1997–2003 | Scunthorpe United | 121 | (4) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004 | Scunthorpe United (caretaker) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Scunthorpe United | ||
| 2014– | York City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Russell "Russ" Wilcox (born 25 March 1964) is an English former professional footballer who is the current manager of York City
Wilcox played as a defender between 1985 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorpe United which is where he began working under Brian Laws. Wilcox would act as Laws assistant at Glanford Park from 2003 to 2006 before following him on to further jobs at Sheffield Wednesday and Burnley. The pair returned to Scunthorpe in 2012. In December 2013 Wilcox succeeded Laws as manager of the club, following a spell as caretaker; he was sacked a year later.
Playing career
As a player, Wilcox turned out for Northampton Town, Hull City, Doncaster Rovers, Preston North End and Scunthorpe United in a career that lasted 18 years. He scored 27 goals in over 500 league appearances. He notably played the majority of his career at Scunthorpe, where he was signed by Brian Laws from Preston North End in 1997. He eventually became player-assistant manager to Laws in 1999 after the win at Wembley in the play-off final against Leyton Orient.
Coaching and managerial career
When Brian Laws was sacked in 2004 Wilcox took temporary control of the Glanford Park club for four games, until Laws was reinstated. When Laws returned to the club, Wilcox reverted to his original role of assistant manager. In 2006, Laws left Scunthorpe when he was appointed manager of Sheffield Wednesday, Wilcox shortly followed him to take up the assistant manager's role at Hillsborough.
On 13 January 2010 he was announced as Assistant Manager of Burnley, yet again moving to work under Brian Laws. He left Burnley in January 2011.[1] On 30 November 2011 at a fans forum, Wilcox was named as the new assistant manager of League One outfit Bournemouth, working alongside manager Lee Bradbury. On 30 October 2012 he and Laws returned to manage League One side Scunthorpe United replacing former manager Alan Knill who was sacked following a string of poor results and poor performances. This will be the third time he and Brian Laws have worked together at Scunthorpe. Laws was dismissed on 20 November 2013 with Wilcox taking over on a caretaker basis. On 24 December 2013 Wilcox was confirmed as permanent manager of the club on a twelve-month rolling contract.[2]
On 12 April 2014, Wilcox beat the record for the longest unbeaten run at the beginning of a managerial reign, with a draw against Bury being his 26th game in charge without defeat.[3] In total Wilcox managed 28 consecutive games without defeat, with his first loss coming in the penultimate game of the season on 26 April at Exeter City. Results elsewhere meant that Scunthorpe secured promotion on that day regardless.[4] Scunthorpe made a poor start to life back in League One, with just 7 points from their first 11 matches, resulting in Wilcox being sacked on 8 October.[5]
A week after leaving Scunthorpe Wilcox was appointed as the new manager of League Two club York City on 15 October 2014, following the resignation of Nigel Worthington.[6]
Managerial statistics
- As of match played 25 April 2015.[7]
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Scunthorpe United (caretaker) | 25 March 2004 | 15 April 2004 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Scunthorpe United | 20 November 2013 | 8 October 2014 | 45 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 40.0 |
| York City | 15 October 2014 | Present | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 28.6 |
| Total | 84 | 28 | 30 | 26 | 33.3 | ||
Honours
Scunthorpe United
- Football League Two runners-up: 2013–14
Personal life
He is also the father of footballer Joe Wilcox, who was on the books at Scunthorpe United.
References
- ↑ "Gray Placed in Temporary Charge". Burnley F.C. 10 January 2011. Retrieved 29 March 2011.
- ↑ "Russ Wilcox appointed Scunthorpe manager". BBC Sport. 24 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ↑ Sumpter, Chris (26 March 2014). "Russ Wilcox pours praise on Scunthorpe United players as 'crazy' run continues at Cheltenham Town – and equals Football League record". Scunthorpe Telegraph. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/27084676
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29535481
- ↑ "Russ Wilcox: York City name ex-Scunthorpe boss as manager". BBC Sport. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
- ↑ "Russ Wilcox". Soccerbase. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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