Chelsea great Frank Lampard was announced as the new Coventry City manager on November 28.
The Sky Blues said the 46-year-old was the right man to take charge as he "cut his teeth in the Championship and knows what is needed in this league to be successful".
The club sacked Mark Robins after seven years at the helm following their 2-1 home defeat to Derby County — a club previously managed by Lampard.
Coventry enjoyed a strong season in 2023/24, finishing ninth in the league table — nine points outside the playoffs — and reaching the FA Cup semifinals, where they gave Manchester United an almighty scare before losing on penalties. That came a year after they reached the playoff final, where they missed out on promotion to the Premier League by losing to Luton Town.
Things have not gone to plan this term, however. After winning their first two matches of the Championship season, they won just four out of the next 17 games, three of which came after Robins was dismissed.
The likes of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Lee Carsley had been linked with the job, but Lampard emerged suddenly as the most likely candidate and was appointed before the end of November. He now has a chance to get his mixed managerial career firmly back on track.
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Who has Frank Lampard managed in his career?
Lampard, Chelsea's all-time record goal scorer and one of the finest midfielders of the Premier League era, has had something of a less successful time in the dugout than he did on the pitch.
After taking up a post with Chelsea's youth academy following his retirement as a player, the ex-England star's first manager job came with Derby County, who appointed him in 2018. Lampard would spend just one season with the Rams, but it was enough to bolster his reputation as a promising young coach: he won 24 and lost 16 of his 57 games in charge in all competitions, guiding his team as far as the playoff final, where they lost 2-1 to a Jack Grealish-inspired Aston Villa.
His good work at Derby earned him the Chelsea job as replacement for Maurizio Sarri, but his tenure at his old club began with a 4-0 loss to Manchester United, which rather set the tone of a difficult time.
Although he was praised for giving young players a chance in the first team, including current club captain Reece James and Mason Mount, results under Lampard were inconsistent and there were concerns about his team's playing style, even after he led the Blues to a fourth-place finish and the FA Cup final at the end of his first season.
Chelsea invested heavily in the squad in the next transfer window, but there were reported disagreements between Lampard and the club's directors over which targets were favoured. On the pitch, results took a turn for the worse, and he was sacked in January 2021 after a run of two wins in eight league games left his team in ninth place. Thomas Tuchel took over and won the UEFA Champions League four months later.
A year later, Lampard was appointed Everton boss, leading them through a tough relegation battle and keeping them in the Premier League after a dramatic come-from-behind win over Crystal Palace in May 2022. However, results and performances were again far too inconsistent, and with the Toffees in 19th place in January 2023, Lampard was replaced by Sean Dyche.
He had one more spell at Chelsea when he took over as caretaker manager after Graham Potter was sacked, but he only managed one win from 11 games.
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Frank Lampard manager stats
Lampard has taken charge of 196 games in all competitions as a manager, winning 41.3 percent of those matches.
He won the October 2019 Premier League Manager of the Month award, but he is yet to win a trophy in his coaching career. The closest he came was in the 2020 FA Cup, when his Chelsea side lost 2-1 to Arsenal in the final.
Frank Lampard manager stats
| Club | Period | Games | W | D | L | Win% |
| Derby County | May 2018 — July 2019 | 57 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 42.1 |
| Chelsea | July 2019 — Jan. 2021 | 84 | 44 | 17 | 23 | 52.4 |
| Everton | Jan. 2022 — Jan. 2023 | 44 | 12 | 8 | 24 | 27.3 |
| Chelsea (caretaker) | April 2023 — May 2023 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9.1 |
| TOTAL | 196 | 81 | 44 | 71 | 41.3 | |
