Tony Mowbray

**Anthony Mark "Tony" Mowbray** (born 22 November 1963) is an English former professional football player and the current manager of Coventry City. Mowbray played for Middlesbrough, Celtic and Ipswich Town as a defender.

Mowbray was born in Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Riding of Yorkshire. He previously managed West Bromwich Albion, Hibernian and Celtic.

## Career statistics

Source:

|rowspan=2|Club|rowspan=2|Season|colspan=3|League|colspan=2|National cup|colspan=2|League cup|colspan=2|Other|colspan=2|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=11|Middlesbrough|1982–83|Second Division|26|0|3|0|2|0|0|0|31|0|
|1983–84|Second Division|35|1|3|0|1|0|0|0|39|1|||
|1984–85|Second Division|40|3|2|0|2|0|0|0|44|3|||
|1985–86|Second Division|35|4|0|0|2|0|1|0|38|4|||
|1986–87|Third Division|46|7|3|0|4|0|5|0|58|7|||
|1987–88|Second Division|44|3|5|1|4|1|5|0|58|5|||
|1988–89|First Division|37|3|1|0|2|0|4|0|44|3|||
|1989–90|Second Division|28|2|3|0|3|0|4|0|38|2|||
|1990–91|Second Division|40|3|3|0|6|1|4|1|53|5|||
|1991–92|Second Division|17|0|0|0|3|0|1|0|21|0|||
|rowspan=5|Celtic|1991–92|Scottish Premier Division|15|2|2|0|0|0|0|0|17|2|
|1992–93|Scottish Premier Division|26|1|0|0|3|0|4|0|33|1|||
|1993–94|Scottish Premier Division|21|1|1|0|0|0|2|0|24|1|||
|1994–95|Scottish Premier Division|15|1|2|0|4|0|0|0|21|1|||
|rowspan=6|Ipswich Town|1995–96|First Division|19|2|4|0|0|0|3|1|26|3|
|1996–97|First Division|8|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|9|0|||
|1997–98|First Division|25|0|2|0|4|1|0|0|31|1|||
|1998–99|First Division|40|2|2|0|2|0|2|0|46|2|||
|1999–2000|First Division|36|1|1|0|0|0|3|1|40|2|||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Ipswich Town (caretaker)|align=left|11 October 2002|align=left|28 October 2002|||
|align=left|Hibernian|align=left|24 May 2004|align=left|13 October 2006|||
|align=left|West Bromwich Albion|align=left|18 October 2006|align=left|16 June 2009|||
|align=left|Celtic|align=left|16 June 2009|align=left|25 March 2010|||
|align=left|Middlesbrough|align=left|26 October 2010|align=left|21 October 2013|||
|align=left|Coventry City|align=left|3 March 2015|align=left|29 September 2016|||
|align=left|Blackburn Rovers|align=left|22 February 2017|align=left|30 May 2022|||
|align=left|Sunderland|align=left|30 August 2022|align=left|present|||

### Playing career

**Middlesbrough**
- Football League Third Division Runner-Up: 1986–87
- Football League Second Division 3rd Place: 1987–88

**Ipswich Town**
- Football League First Division play-offs: 2000

**Individual**
- Middlesbrough Player of the Year: 1984–85, 1985–86
- PFA Team of the Year: 1987–88 Second Division
- Ipswich Town Hall of Fame: Inducted 2016

### Managerial career

**West Bromwich Albion**
- Football League Championship: 2007–08

**Blackburn Rovers**
- Football League One runner-up: 2017–18

**Individual Awards**
- Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: December 2004, May 2005, November 2005, August 2009
- Scottish Football Writers' Association Manager of the Year: 2004–2005
- Scottish Premier League Manager of the Year: 2004–2005
- BBC Scotland _Off The Ball_ Manager of the Year: 2004–2005
- League Managers Association Manager of the Year: 2007–2008
- BBC North East Sports Personality of the Year: 2011.
- Football League Championship Manager of the Month: September 2007, October 2012 and January 2019.
- Football League One Manager of the Month: November 2017.

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Tony Mowbray
- **image**: File:Mowbray Dinamo Moscow Celts.jpg
- **caption**: Mowbray in 2009
- **fullname**: Anthony Mark Mowbray
- **birth place**: Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Saltburn, England
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **currentclub**: Birmingham (head coach)
- **years1**: 1982–1991
- **clubs1**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **caps1**: 348
- **goals1**: 26
- **years2**: 1991–1995
- **clubs2**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **caps2**: 77
- **goals2**: 5
- **years3**: 1995–2000
- **clubs3**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town
- **caps3**: 128
- **goals3**: 5
- **totalcaps**: 553
- **totalgoals**: 36
- **nationalyears1**: 1989
- **nationalteam1**: England B national football team, England B
- **nationalcaps1**: 3
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 2002
- **managerclubs1**: Ipswich Town F.C., Ipswich Town (caretaker)
- **manageryears2**: 2004–2006
- **managerclubs2**: Hibernian F.C., Hibernian
- **manageryears3**: 2006–2009
- **managerclubs3**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion
- **manageryears4**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs4**: Celtic F.C., Celtic
- **manageryears5**: 2010–2013
- **managerclubs5**: Middlesbrough F.C., Middlesbrough
- **manageryears6**: 2015–2016
- **managerclubs6**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **manageryears7**: 2017–2022
- **managerclubs7**: Blackburn Rovers F.C., Blackburn Rovers
- **manageryears8**: 2022–
- **managerclubs8**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland