West Bromwich Albion head coach Ryan Mason has been sacked by the Championship club following Monday’s loss at Leicester.
Mason was sacked seven months into the three-year contract he signed in June and just hours after West Brom’s 2-1 defeat to Leicester at the King Power Stadium; first team coach James Morrison will take over on an interim basis
The 2-1 reverse was their 10th successive away defeat and left West Brom 18th in the table, 10 points adrift of the play-off places as they bid to gain promotion to the lucrative Premier League.
“West Bromwich Albion have today parted company with men’s first team head coach Ryan Mason,” said a club statement issued on Tuesday.
“Assistant head coach Nigel Gibbs and first team coach/head of performance Sam Pooley have also departed The Hawthorns.”
“The club would like to place on record its thanks to Ryan, Nigel and Sam for their efforts and wishes all three the very best for the future.
“First team coach James Morrison will oversee first-team affairs on an interim basis until a new staff is appointed.
“The process of recruiting a new men’s first team head coach and staff is under way.”
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West Brom are away to second-tier rivals Swansea in the FA Cup on Sunday and their next league fixure is not until January 16 when Middlesbrough, currently in second place, visit The Hawthorns.
Abdul Fatawu’s spectacular 94th-minute volley at the King Power Stadium on Monday condemned West Brom to a sixth defeat in eight matches, with Mason saying afterwards that the result “summed up our season” and the Baggies’ lack of “killer” instinct.
He added: “Last seven or eight games, obviously we’re on a disastrous run but in terms of the performances and goalmouth action, shots on target, chances created, we’ve come out on top in every single game.
“But we haven’t been able to transfer that to results and unfortunately we’ve been punished again tonight.”
AFP