1. Russell Wilcox was born on 25 March 1964 and is an English football coach and former player who is manager of Gainsborough Trinity.
20 Facts About Russ Wilcox
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Russ Wilcox would act as Laws' assistant at Glanford Park from 2003 to 2006 before following him on to further jobs at Sheffield Wednesday and Burnley.
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Russ Wilcox later played for Hull City, Preston North End and Scunthorpe United.
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Russ Wilcox played the majority of his career at Scunthorpe, where he was signed by Brian Laws in 1997.
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Russ Wilcox eventually became player-assistant manager to Laws in 1999 after the win at Wembley Stadium in the play-off final against Leyton Orient.
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Russ Wilcox earned two caps and scored one goal for the England national semi-pro team, in matches against the Republic of Ireland and Wales in 1986.
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When Brian Laws was sacked in 2004, Russ Wilcox took temporary control of the Glanford Park club for four games, until Laws was reinstated.
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When Laws returned to the club, Russ Wilcox reverted to his original role of assistant manager.
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In 2006, Laws left Scunthorpe when he was appointed manager of Sheffield Wednesday, Russ Wilcox shortly followed him to take up the assistant manager's role at Hillsborough Stadium.
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On 30 November 2011 at a fans forum, Russ Wilcox was named as the new assistant manager of League One club AFC Bournemouth, working alongside manager Lee Bradbury.
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Laws was dismissed on 20 November 2013 with Russ Wilcox taking over on a caretaker basis.
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On 24 December 2013 Russ Wilcox was confirmed as permanent manager of the club on a 12-month rolling contract.
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On 12 April 2014, Russ Wilcox broke the record for the longest unbeaten run at the beginning of a managerial reign, with a draw against Bury being his 26th game in charge without defeat.
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In total, Russ Wilcox managed 28 consecutive games without defeat, with his first loss coming in the penultimate game of the season on 26 April 2014 away to Exeter City.
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Scunthorpe won just two of their first eleven matches back in League One, which resulted in Russ Wilcox being sacked on 8 October 2014.
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Russ Wilcox was sacked on 26 October 2015, with York fourth-bottom of the table after a run of nine league matches without a win.
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Russ Wilcox was appointed manager of Farsley Celtic in February 2022.
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On 17 May 2023 Farsley Celtic reported that Russ Wilcox had left his position as Manager with immediate effect.
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On 19 September 2023, Russ Wilcox was appointed manager of Northern Premier League Premier Division club Gainsborough Trinity.
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Russ Wilcox's son Joe Wilcox, born 1989, is a former professional footballer, who was a trainee at Scunthorpe United before playing in non-League football.