Coventry City name Lampard as new head coach

Frank Lampard has been appointed as the new head coach of Coventry City, reports skysports.com.The 46-year-old has signed a two-and-a-half-year contract and will be joined by coaches Joe Edwards and Chris Jones, whom he has worked with previously.

Speaking to the club website on his first day on the job, Lampard said: “I grew up in an era where Coventry were very successful, and to be given the role of head coach is a huge deal for me.

“The work that Mark (Robins) did, and the work Doug King is doing at the top of the club, it’s an ambitious club that wants to move forward and I want to help as much as I can.

“There was a lot of speculation over a couple of weeks but it’s important to say it was a clear process of the club trying to find the right way forward. I’ve had conversations with the owner and other important people at the club. I’ve got my idea of how I work, how I coach, the experience of that over the last four or five years.”
  
Coventry City owner and executive chairman Doug King added: “I am delighted that Frank Lampard has agreed to join our club as head coach. Frank cut his teeth in the Championship and knows what is needed in this league to be successful.

“His experiences thereafter at Chelsea and Everton will ensure he brings to our talented squad a clear understanding of exactly what is needed to succeed at the very top level that we as a club are striving to reach.”

The Sky Blues parted ways with Mark Robins earlier this month after seven years in charge.Lampard has been out of work since leaving Chelsea for a second time after taking charge on an interim basis following Graham Potter’s sacking in 2023.

Of the decision to sack Robins, King said: “I didn’t get much sleep that night at all. I was talking