Blackburn Rovers have appointed Tony Mowbray as their new head coach for a second spell in cost.
Mowbray, 62, spent greater than 5 years managing Rovers between 2017 and 2022.
He replaces Michael O’Neill who determined to to not take the job on a everlasting foundation following an interim function through the second half of final season.
Mowbray has been in administration for greater than twenty years and most lately led Sunderland, Birmingham and West Brom after his first spell at Blackburn ended.
When he took over at Ewood Park initially in February 2017 he couldn’t save Rovers from relegation to League One, however then gained promotion again to the Championship in his first full marketing campaign in cost.
After re-establishing them within the second tier, Mowbray didn’t signal a brand new contract on the finish of the 2021-22 season and was changed by Jon Dahl Tomasson.
This time round he arrives at a membership who endured a turbulent 2025-26 marketing campaign.
They hovered across the relegation locations for a lot of the 12 months and sacked Valerien Ismael in February earlier than appointing Northern Eire boss O’Neill.
O’Neill managed to maintain them up as they completed twentieth within the Championship and 5 factors above the drop zone.
Blackburn mentioned Mowbray would “lead a brand new chapter for the membership” and brings “a wealth of expertise, robust footballing rules and a transparent understanding of the membership’s identification and ambitions”.
