Event class: manager, appointed, club, coach, left, assistant manager, following, became, joined, role

Events with high posterior probability

Dave Smith (footballer born 1933)	Smith was reportedly approached by Plymouth Argyle in 1997 to return to the club as manager, but could not be tempted out of retirement.
Alex MacDonald (footballer born 1948)	Hearts Chairman Wallace Mercer sacked MacDonald in the summer of 1990.
John Ward (footballer)	In 1998 Ward became assistant manager to Colin Lee at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Brian Clough	Clough was still a popular choice to be given the job of England manager before Graham Taylor's appointment in 1990.
Archie Knox	On 4 July 2008 Knox was appointed as the first-team coach of Blackburn Rovers by Paul Ince.
Adrian Tucker	In October 2007, Tucker took charge of his first match for Wales women, following the resignation of Andy Beattie the previous August.
Andy Sinton	John Ruddy of Norwich City followed Andy to this accolade in 2012.
Colin Harvey	Harvey was promoted to reserve team coach in 1981 at the same time that Howard Kendall became manager.
John Still (footballer)	In November 2000, Still became Barnet's director of football following the high-profile appointment of former England international Tony Cottee as player-manager.
George Curtis (footballer born 1919)	His first managerial position came in June 1961 when he was appointed manager at Brighton & Hove Albion.
David Gill (executive)	In September 2003, after the departure of previous chief executive Peter Kenyon to Chelsea F. C., Gill was promoted to chief executive of Manchester United PLC.
John Ward (footballer)	Ward became the assistant manager at Colchester United in September 2009 when Aidy Boothroyd was appointed as the club's manager.
Lennie Lawrence	In August 2010 Lawrence joined non-league Carshalton Athletic in a football consultancy role, assisting manager Mark Butler.
Mark Hughes	Hughes was then appointed manager of Stoke City on 30 May 2013.
Gavin Ward (footballer)	On 4 July 2013, Ward agreed to be Goalkeeping Coach at Nottingham Forest : A.
Willie McFaul	Willie McFaul was appointed caretaker manager of Newcastle United in August 1985 after Jack Charlton had resigned after a pre season friendly against Sheffield United after a row with the Newcastle fans over the sale of Chris Waddle and the failure to sign Eric Gates from Ipswich Town.
Steve Clarke	On 8 June 2012, Clarke was announced as the new manager of West Bromwich Albion having signed a two-year contract.
Adrian Viveash	On 14 September 2008 Viveash resigned as Cirencester Town Manager after 16 months in charge to take up a coaching role with Chelsea's Academy.
Billy Reid (footballer born 1963)	Despite being linked to the manager's job at Morton, Reid became assistant manager at Östersunds in November 2013.
Stuart Watkiss	Grimsby appointed Mike Newell in October 2008 and Watkiss re-took his former position as Assistant Manager.
Gary Johnson (footballer)	On 9 January 2012, Johnson returned to former club Yeovil Town, replacing Terry Skiverton who became Johnson's assistant.
Doug Livermore	He then moved onto Spurs were again he was Reserve team manager and also took the role of first team coach in July 1991, when manager Terry Venables became chief executive and first team coach Peter Shreeves became Team Manager.
Matt Crossley	Crossley was appointed assistant manager at Woking in November 2002, to work alongside Glenn Cockerill.
Dave Bassett	Following Adams' departure from the Blades in May 2011 and the appointment of Danny Wilson, Bassett was understood to have quit the post, though no official statement was made.
Archie Knox	Knox was appointed Scotland under-21 manager in July 2006 following Rainer Bonhof's departure.
John Jarman (footballer)	He returned to club football in 1977, when he rejoined Wolverhampton Wanderers, and held a senior coaching role serving under managers John Barnwell, Sammy Chung and Ian Greaves.
Rob Lee	In October 2006, Lee was interviewed for the manager position at Bournemouth, but the job went to Kevin Bond.
Brian Laws	Laws started his management career at Grimsby Town in 1994, replacing Alan Buckley who had moved to West Bromwich Albion.
Jon Newby	On 1 November 2011, he was appointed player-manager following the sudden departure of manager David Challinor to AFC Fylde.
Gareth Ainsworth	He was considered for the vacant management position at former club Lincoln City in September 2009.
Lee Sinnott	Sinnott was linked with a vacant position at newly promoted Northern Premier League side Bradford Park Avenue at the end of 2008.
Colin Walker (footballer born 1958)	Walker joined Forest Green Rovers as assistant manager to caretaker manager David Brown in August 2009.
Mark Robson (footballer)	In June 2010, Robson joined Peterborough United as a coach, signing a two-year contract.
Gerry Sweeney	He served as a coach at Walsall under Tommy Coakley, a former team-mate at Morton, and was instrumental in the Saddlers strong showing during the 1986 -- 87 season.
Kevin Keen	On 3 July 2011, Keen left West Ham to join Liverpool as first-team coach in the backroom team under Kenny Dalglish.
Steve Evans (footballer born 1962)	Evans left Crawley on 9 April 2012 to be appointed manager of fellow League Two club Rotherham United on a three-year contract.
Kenny Shiels	He moved to Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock in 2010 to assist manager Mixu Paatelainen.
Carl Griffiths	On 19 November 2010, Aveley announced that Griffiths had been appointed manager of the club with immediate effect and would bring together his ex-management team from Brentwood, consisting of Scott Canham, Gary Foley, Harry McCullum and Dean Parratt.
Jimmy Nicholl	A 28-day spell as manager of Dunfermline Athletic followed later in 1999, and he later served as assistant manager to Jimmy Calderwood at East End Park.
Ruud Gullit	In the summer of 1996, when Glenn Hoddle left Chelsea to become manager of the England national team, Gullit was appointed as a player-manager.
Terry Connor	In May 2012 Wolves announced that Connor would be succeeded by Ståle Solbakken as a permanent appointment during the summer.
Curtis Woodhouse	On October 14, 2013, Woodhouse was announced as the assistant manager at Northern Premier League Division One South club Goole, with David Holdsworth being appointed manager.
Keith Millen	He was caretaker manager at Ashton Gate following Gary Johnson's departure towards the end of the 2009 -- 10 season.
Franco Baresi	On 1 June 2002 Baresi was officially appointed as director of football at Fulham, but tensions between Baresi and then Fulham manager Jean Tigana led to resignation from the club in August.
Roddy Collins	In July 2004 he took over as manager of Dublin City, but left in November 2004 three weeks from the end of the season to manage Shamrock Rovers.
Alan Shearer	Shearer had rejected offers of coaching or assistant roles at Newcastle under both the returning Kevin Keegan in February 2008 and Joe Kinnear in November 2008.
Leam Richardson	Accrington appointed Paul Cook's to be their manager the following month, but when Cook left to become manager of Chesterfield in October 2012, Richardson took on another term as caretaker manager.
Chris Hughton	On 22 February 2008, he was appointed first team coach at Newcastle United by director of football Dennis Wise, joining Kevin Keegan's coaching staff, working primarily on defence with Steve Round.
Ray Wilkins	In September 2008, Ray Wilkins was appointed assistant first team coach to Luiz Felipe Scolari at Chelsea, following Steve Clarke's departure to West Ham United.
Jimmy Gilligan	In July 2005, Gilligan was appointed to coach the under 18 team and first team of Waltham Forest under the management of his long-term friend Hakan Hayrettin.
Lee Clark (footballer)	In November 2007 Clark left his post at Newcastle to become assistant manager to Roeder at Championship club Norwich City.
Neil Woods	Despite failing to win a single game whilst in caretaker charge, chairman John Fenty appointed him as full-time manager of Grimsby Town on 23 November 2009 in somewhat controversial circumstances after the club had snubbed the application of former manager Russell Slade.
Bob John	He later joined Torquay United as trainer, working under his former Highbury teammate Jack Butler, but when Butler left for Crystal Palace in May 1947, John followed, again as trainer.
Zack Taylor (baseball)	When Luke Sewell resigned as manager in 1946, Taylor took over as the interim manager.
Kevin Keegan	Keegan returned to football on 25 September 1997 as'' Chief Operating Officer'' (a similar role to a Director of Football) at Division Two club Fulham F. C., with Ray Wilkins as head coach.
Keith Downing	When Ward left the club to join Carlisle United in October 2007, Downing stepped in as caretaker manager, before being given the position on a full-time basis on 2 November 2007.
Jake King (footballer born 1955)	King was appointed First Team Coach at Aberystwyth Town in June 2009.
David Moss (footballer born 1952)	Moss's only appointment as manager saw him take the reins at Macclesfield Town on 12 November 2001.
Billy Houliston	Houliston became a director at Queen of the South in 1957 and was later chairman for several years winning promotion to the first division in with the early 1960s Queens team of player manager George Farm, Neil Martin, Ernie Hannigan and the now veteran Jim Patterson.
Keith Burkinshaw	Burkinshaw was later Chief Scout for Glenn Hoddle and Ossie Ardiles at Swindon Town and in May 1992 became assistant to Ardiles at West Bromwich Albion.
Mick McCarthy	On 2 February 2013, McCarthy's assistant Terry Connor took charge of a 4 -- 0 rout of Middlesbrough while McCarthy was ill.
Alan Tait	Tait then moved back to the Falcons as an assistant before assuming the top job at the Premiership club as part of a restructuring process in the wake of Steve Bate's departure from the post of director of rugby in 2009.
Greg Abbott (footballer)	In July 2006, he joined Carlisle United as assistant manager to Neil McDonald.
Chris Hutchings	On 4 January 2011, Hutchings was sacked as manager of Walsall along with assistant manager Martin O'Connor.
Mick Buxton	Buxton returned to Town in March 1993 as coach under Ian Ross but resigned after Ross resigned.
Fraser Digby	He joined Kidderminster Harriers in 2003 on a game-by-game basis (non-contractual), while at the same time rejoining former club Swindon and taking on the two roles of commercial manager and goalkeeping coach under Andy King.
Brian Kerr (football manager)	In March 2007 Kerr returned to St. Patrick's Athletic football club, this time taking a position as Director of Football, a role to which he was appointed by new club owner Garrett Kelleher.
Mark Bowen (footballer)	Following Hughes departure in June 2011, Bowen remained with Fulham but removed from assistant manager duties and began to work with the Academy.
Keith Alexander (footballer)	On 30 May 2006, Alexander was named the new manager of Peterborough United replacing Steve Bleasdale, who had left at the end of April.
Alex Ferguson	Although Ferguson remained at Aberdeen over the summer, he did eventually join Manchester United when Atkinson was sacked in November 1986.
Liam Brady	He rejoined Arsenal in July 1996, as Head of Youth Development and Academy Director, and has remained there since ; although he was linked to the manager's post after the departure of Bruce Rioch, Brady insisted he was not interested in the role ; Arsène Wenger eventually took the role.
Peter Taylor (footballer born 1953)	However, he left in January 2007 as the new senior manager, Steve McClaren, wanted the England U-21 manager's role to be a full-time position.
John Dungworth	He joined Sheffield Wednesday in early 2009 with primary responsibility for coaching the reserve team, but departed in December 2009 along with manager Brian Laws.
John Gorman (footballer)	On 5 June 2006 Gorman was announced as the new manager of Northampton Town replacing Colin Calderwood.
Richard Money	He was linked with the vacant managerial position at local rivals Coventry City in February 2008.
Graham Coughlan	On 6 August 2010, Coughlan signed a one year deal with Southend United, he will also take on the role of reserve team manager.
Velimir Zajec	He took over as temporary team manager following the resignation of Harry Redknapp in November 2004 and was confirmed as the new manager on 21 December 2004.
Gary Smith (footballer born 1968)	Ahead of the 2005 -- 06 campaign, Smith was offered the chance to take up the post of assistant academy manager at Championship side Watford, formally taking the position on 24 June 2005.
Russ Wilcox	In 2006, Laws left Scunthorpe when he was appointed manager of Sheffield Wednesday, Wilcox shortly followed him to take up the assistant manager's role at Hillsborough.
Valeri Karpin	After the sacking of the newly appointed manager Unai Emery on 25 November 2012, Karpin took the responsibility of caretaker manager up until the end of the year.
Gordon Strachan	Strachan resigned from Southampton in 2004 and took a 16-month break from management before returning to Scotland to become manager of Celtic in the Scottish Premier League.
Brian Kerr (football manager)	On 6 April 2009, Brian Kerr was confirmed as head coach of the Faroe Islands national football team.
Ray Graydon	Graydon become a highly respected coach -- particularly working at Southampton alongside Dave Merrington, and as assistant to Maurice Evans at Oxford United, most notably helping Oxford to the 1986 League Cup.
Martin Hinshelwood	With the departure of Albion manager Russell Slade in November 2009, Martin Hinshelwood was again appointed caretaker manager.
Marcus Ebdon	In 2006 however, he was called out of retirement to play for Alfreton Town where he was reunited with former Tamworth managers Gary Mills and Darron Gee.
Brian Stein	With Mick Harford leaving for Nottingham Forest in 2004, Brian was promoted to assistant manager by then Luton manager Mike Newell.
Tan Sio Beng	Following the departure of former player coach Mohd Noor Ali to Geylang United in June 2012, Sio Beng was also appointed as the assistant coach of the Wolves.
Justin Edinburgh	On 9 April 2008 it was announced that Edinburgh would become Colin Lippiatt's assistant at Woking following the departure of Frank Gray and Gerry Murphy.
Graham Hyde	In 2013 he joined AFC Telford United as the assistant manager to his former Sheffield Wednesday team mate Andy Sinton.
Trevor Brooking	In April 2003, after West Ham manager Glenn Roeder collapsed due to a brain tumour, Brooking, having long been on the board at West Ham, briefly took over as caretaker manager.
Steve Lomas	He left the club briefly in January 2010, following the departure of chairman John Delaney, but returned after Delaney had been reinstated as Chairman.
Peter Reid	Reid's managerial career began on 7 November 1990 at Manchester City, when was appointed caretaker manager after the departure of Howard Kendall back to Everton.
Azhar Baksin	Apart from his playing duties, he was also appointed as the coach of the Wolves following the departure of former player coach Mohd Noor Ali to Geylang United in June 2012.
Ray Graydon	He was recently employed as First Team Coach of Championship team, Leicester City while Rob Kelly was manager during the 2005 -- 06 season.
John Clayton (footballer)	He later worked as assistant to Keith Millen with the club's under-17 side and, in October 2006, he was appointed as head coach of Bristol City's academy.
Paul Jewell	He was appointed manager in 1998 and took City to the Premier League before resigning and becoming manager of Sheffield Wednesday.
Paul Groves (footballer)	He was appointed as caretaker manager at Portsmouth alongside Ian Woan on 24 November 2009 after Paul Hart left the club, before the appointment of Avram Grant two days later on 26 November.
Steve Davis (footballer born 1968)	Davis' quick rise would continue in November 2007 when he was moved up a rank once again by Cotterill, replacing the outgoing Dave Kevan (who had moved to a similar role at Notts County) as assistant manager.
Neil Warnock	In late 1988, Warnock became manager of Notts County -- then in the Third Division -- with Jones as his assistant.
Scott Fitzgerald (footballer born 1969)	It was announced on 30 July 2007 that Fitzgerald had joined Gillingham as youth team manager.