2010–11 Football League Championship
Managerial changes
Columns: Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment
Crystal Palace | Paul Hart | Contract expired | 2 May 2010 | Pre-season | George Burley | 17 June 2010 | Coventry City | Chris Coleman | Sacked | 4 May 2010 | Pre-season | Aidy Boothroyd | 20 May 2010 | Hull City | Iain Dowie | Contract expired | 9 May 2010 | Pre-season | Nigel Pearson | 29 June 2010 | Portsmouth | Avram Grant | Resigned | 20 May 2010 | Pre-season | Steve Cotterill | 18 June 2010 | Leicester City | Nigel Pearson | Signed by Hull City | 29 June 2010 | Pre-season | Paulo Sousa | 7 July 2010 | Swansea City | Paulo Sousa | Signed by Leicester City | 5 July 2010 | Pre-season | Brendan Rodgers | 16 July 2010 | Bristol City | Steve Coppell | Resigned | 12 August 2010 | 23rd | Keith Millen | 12 August 2010 | Sheffield United | Kevin Blackwell | Mutual consent | 14 August 2010 | 21st | Gary Speed | 17 August 2010 | Scunthorpe United | Nigel Adkins | Signed By Southampton | 12 September 2010 | 15th | Ian Baraclough | 24 September 2010 | Leicester City | Paulo Sousa | Sacked | 1 October 2010 | 24th | Sven-Göran Eriksson | 3 October 2010 | Middlesbrough | Gordon Strachan | Resigned | 18 October 2010 | 20th | Tony Mowbray | 26 October 2010 | Sheffield United | Gary Speed | Signed by Wales | 14 December 2010 | 20th | Micky Adams | 30 December 2010 | Burnley | Brian Laws | Sacked | 29 December 2010 | 9th | Eddie Howe | 14 January 2011 | Preston North End | Darren Ferguson | Sacked | 29 December 2010 | 24th | Phil Brown | 6 January 2011 | Crystal Palace | George Burley | Sacked | 1 January 2011 | 23rd | Dougie Freedman | 12 January 2011 | Ipswich Town | Roy Keane | Sacked | 7 January 2011 | 19th | Paul Jewell | 10 January 2011 | Coventry City | Aidy Boothroyd | Sacked | 14 March 2011 | 19th | Andy Thorn | 28 April 2011