Championship's longest serving managers after Coventry City sack decision - where West Brom and QPR rank
Coventry City’s sacking of Mark Robins has seen some movement in the list of the Sky Bet Championship’s longest serving bosses.
West Brom manager Carlos Corberan is now the third longest-serving manager in the Championship following Coventry City's sacking of Mark Robins.
The Baggies boss is now one of only three managers to have been in their job more than two-years. Corberan took over in October 2022, succeeding Steve Bruce, and has so far guided them to ninth and fifth-placed finishes.
Coventry parted ways with Robins following their 2-1 defeat to Derby County on Wednesday. The Sky Blues and Robins had worked together for nearly eight years, and he took them to within a whisker of the Premier League and an FA Cup final.
West Brom and Coventry meet at the Hawthorns on Wednesday, December 11, and so the East Midlands club have got more than a month to find his replacement. They will change the role however, going from having a first-team manager to a head coach instead.
Manager’s these days aren’t being afforded time to build something at their respective clubs, but Corberan and WBA are both committed to one another. He’s been linked with his former club Leeds United, as well as Leicester City and Southampton over the last few months, but is under contract until the summer of 2027, and should any club want to prize him away, they will have to pay a reported release clause of around £4m.
Robins is the third manager to be sacked this season, and is the fourth managerial change. Ryan Lowe left Preston North End after one game and was replaced by Paul Heckingbottom. Stoke City sacked Steven Schumacher and replaced him with Norwich City coach Narcis Pelach, and Cardiff City axed Erol Bulut, replacing him with Omer Riza.
Paul Warne (Derby County) - Two years and 44 days.
Michael Carrick (Middlesbrough) - 2 years and 12 days.
Carlos Corberan (West Brom) - 2 years, and 11 days.
Rob Edwards (Luton Town)- 1 year, and 354 days.
John Mousinho (Portsmouth) - 1 year, and 290 days.
Daniel Farke (Leeds United) - 1 year, and 124 days.
Danny Rohl (Sheffield Wednesday) - 1 year, and 23 days.
Marti Cifuentes (QPR) - 1 year, and six days.
Liam Manning (Bristol City) - 364 days.
Des Buckingham (Oxford United) - 355 days.
Chris Wilder (Sheffield United) - 336 days.
Luke Williams (Swansea City) - 305 days
John Eustace (Blackburn Rovers) - 270 days.
Neil Harris (Millwall) - 258 days.
Tom Cleverley (Watford) - 241 days.
Wayne Rooney (Plymouth Argyle) - 164 days.
Johannes Hoff Thorup (Norwich City) - 159 days.
Tim Walter (Hull City) - 127 days.
Regis Le Bris (Sunderland) - 127 days.
Scott Parker (Burnley) - 123 days.
Paul Heckingbottom (Preston North End) - 77 days.
Narcis Pelach (Stoke City) - 48 days.
Omer Riza (Cardiff City) - 43 days.
Unknown (Coventry City) - 0 days
*Omer Riza is not the permanent manager of Cardiff City. He was appointed as the Bluebirds’ interim boss at the end of September, but has not been confirmed as Erol Bulut’s permanent replacement.