After an absolutely disastrous 2022-23 season, which saw him sacked at [Everton](https://royalbluemersey.sbnation.com) in January and then lead Chelsea to just one win in eleven games as the post-Graham Potter caretaker manager, Frank Lampard has been taking some time away from the pressures and expectations of football management.
But today, he’s back in the game, having been appointed as the new permanent manager at Coventry City on a 2.5-year contract, replacing Mark Robins, who was sacked earlier this month after seven and a half years in charge. Robins was the third longest-serving manager in English football at the time (only behind Pep Guardiola and fourth division Harrogate Town’s Simon Weaver).
Lampard brings a couple of his usual cohorts along, with former Chelsea coaches Joe Edwards and Chris Jones joining him at The Sky Blues. The squad already includes a couple Chelsea youth products, too, in goalkeeper Bradley Collins and left back Jay Dasilva, but if they need some reinforcement, I’m sure we would be happy to send them a few more in January.
The 21st century has been a bit of a roller-coaster for Coventry, falling all the way down to League Two after getting relegated from the Premier League in 2001, then experiencing a meteoric rise over the past several seasons. In fact, two years ago, powered by a certain Viktor Gyökeres, they came ever so close to returning to the top flight, even, losing to Luton Town on penalties in the Promotion Playoffs. But they finished only ninth last season and currently sit all the way down in 17th.
Good luck, Super Frank!