About Tony Mowbray

Anthony Mark Mowbray (born 22 November 1963) is an English football manager and former footballer who is currently the head coach of EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers. Mowbray played for Middlesbrough, Celtic and Ipswich Town as a defender.

He began his coaching career with Ipswich Town and took his first managerial job at Scottish Premier League side Hibernian, where he won the Scottish Football Writers' Association Manager of the Year award in his first season. He moved on to West Bromwich Albion in 2006, where he won the Football League Championship in 2008, but then suffered relegation from the Premier League the following year. Mowbray was then appointed as manager of Celtic, but was dismissed after nine months for poor results.

Mowbray was appointed to the role of Middlesbrough manager in October 2010. After a poor start to the 2013–14 season, Mowbray left Middlesbrough in October 2013. Following a spell as manager of Coventry City, he was appointed Blackburn Rovers manager in February 2017. He was unable to prevent Blackburn being relegated to League One, but then won promotion back to the Championship at the first attempt. He left Blackburn at the end of his contract in May 2022 and subsequently had spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City. He was reappointed head coach of West Bromwich Albion in January 2025 but was dismissed three months later in April 2025 after a run of poor results. In June 2026, Mowbray was reappointed head coach of Blackburn Rovers.