Mark Robins, English footballer and manager
Mark Gordon Robins (born 22 December 1969) is an English football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Coventry City in the EFL Championship. As a player, he was a striker and is best known for his time in the Premier League with Norwich City and Leicester City.
Robins began his career with Manchester United. During this period, he scored a goal against Nottingham Forest that has subsequently been credited with "saving" manager Alex Ferguson. After time with Norwich and Leicester, he went on to play for Reading, Manchester City, Walsall, Rotherham United, Bristol City and Sheffield Wednesday in the Football League. Robins also played across Europe during spells with FC Copenhagen, Ourense and Panionios before finishing his career with Burton Albion in the Conference National.
In 2007, he became manager of Rotherham United, and joined Barnsley in the same capacity in 2009, before leaving in 2011, following differences between him and the board. In 2012, he became manager of Coventry City until 2013 when he joined Huddersfield Town. Robins left Huddersfield in 2014 by mutual agreement. A few months later he became manager of Scunthorpe United before leaving in 2016. In March 2017, Robins rejoined Coventry City and a few months later won the EFL Trophy. In the 2017-18 season , Robins won the EFL League Two play-offs with the Sky Blues and were promoted to League One. After a solid eighth placed finish in League One in the 2018-19 season, Robins led Coventry to promotion to the EFL Championship as League One Champions in the 2019-20 season. He followed that up by guiding Coventry to a respectable 16th placed finish in the Championship in the 2020-21 season.