Steve Cotterill
Stephen "Steve" Cotterill ( born July 20, 1964 in Cheltenham, England ) is an English former football player and current coach of the English third division side Bristol City.
Playing career
During his playing career Steve Cotterill acted, inter alia, for FC Wimbledon and AFC Bournemouth. His career has been accompanied by serious injury, which provided in 1995 for the premature end of his players activity.
Coaching career
Sligo Rovers
His first coaching job took Steve Cotterill 1995, the Irish first division club Sligo Rovers and led his team to third place, as well as in the Irish Cup final. After the season, the Rovers in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 1996 took part, but failed against opponents such as the FC Nantes and SC Heerenveen participation in the UEFA Cup. His activities in Sligo ended in September 1996.
Cheltenham Town
On 1 February 1997 he took over his hometown club Cheltenham Town. In 1998 he won with his new team with a 1-0 final win against FC Southport the FA Trophy. In the season 1998/99 Cheltenham won the championship in the Conference National, thus securing promotion to the Football League Third Division. The first season in professional football ended the team in eighth place in the standings and missed so only for a place to play-off ranks. After a ninth place in the following year, the club reached with manager Steve Cotterill in the 2001/ 02 season promotion to the Second Division third-rate. Another success was the initial entry into the fifth round of the FA Cup 2001 / 02, where the team was defeated 0-1 West Bromwich Albion. After these good results, Steve Cotterill decided to another club, and left with it after 5 years Cheltenham.
Stoke City and Sunderland AFC
His next career has taken him to the second division promoted Stoke City. After only 13 games in the season 2002/ 03 Steve Cotterill was on 10 October 2002 surprisingly his farewell at Stoke known and immediately took over the co- coaching job at Sunderland next coach Howard Wilkinson. The activity quickly developed on the side of the experienced Wilkinson in the Premier League 2002/ 03 to a disaster and ended in the dismissal of coach duo in March 2003.
Burnley FC
On 3 June 2004 Steve Cotterill took over as coach at Burnley FC and finished the first season in the Football League Championship 2004/ 05 on the thirteenth place in the table. In the following two seasons took Burnley a place in the middle of the second division. After a false start in the 2007/ 08 season Cotterill left the club on 8 November 2007.
Notts County
After more than two years without a trainer was February 23, 2010 Notts County its commitment known. At the end of the season 2009/10 Steve Cotterill reached the County Championship in Football League Two, and thus move up to the third-rate Football League One. After this success, he could not agree on a continuation of the ending 30 May 2010 activity with the club.
Portsmouth
Already on 18 June 2010 took over the courted by several clubs Cotterill at Portsmouth. Portsmouth was relegated in the previous season of the Premier League 2009 /10 and had to contend with serious financial problems. Under these very difficult conditions of 16th place in the Football League Championship was 2010/11 accounted for as a clear success. During the 2011/12 season, Steve Cotterill was offered the second division rivals Nottingham Forest to take over and took this shortly afterwards.
Nottingham Forest
Forest had recently separated after a false start by Steve McClaren, and set him on 14 October 2011 as the new coach before. With his fellow each to the rise in the two previous team, Steve Cotterill spent the Football League Championship 2011/12, mainly in the relegation battle. After the takeover of the club by the Kuwaiti Al- Hasawi family he was released on 12 July 2012.
Bristol City
On December 3, 2013, he took over as coach at third division Bristol City. Steve Cotterill broke it off Sean O'Driscoll, who was 1 1/2 years earlier, his successor at Nottingham Forest.