Sky Bet League Two side Mansfield Town have appointed Graham Coughlan as their new manager.
Mansfield Town Appoint Graham Coughlan
Coughlan: Facilities Were ‘Mammoth Attraction’
Coughlan, 45, made the move to Mansfield after officially leaving Bristol Rovers earlier today (Tuesday 17).
The experienced boss leaves the Gas having led them to fourth in Sky Bet League One – two points adrift of second-placed Ipswich Town.
Despite a good start to the season with Bristol Rovers, Coughlan was heavily linked to a move to the Midlands.
Replacing former Mansfield Town star Darrell Clarke in 2018, Coughlan guided Rovers from the relegation to being promotion contenders by losing just 13 of his 56 matches in charge.
Coughlan’s admitted it was an easy decision to move to the One Call Stadium.
The 45-year-old cited personal reasons as his motive to leave the Gas.
The newly appointed Stags boss said: “This is a massive opportunity and a massive chance for me. The main attraction was the ambition of the chairman [John Radford].
“How he [John Radford] spoke, the ambition he was displaying, the facilities at the club, it was a tremendous and huge opportunity to take on a football club and try to get them promoted.
“The opportunity to manage a club like Mansfield Town, with the ambition at this football club, the facilities, and of course to be able to be at home with my wife and kids, was an absolute mammoth attraction.
“I’ve been living in this part of the country for the best part of 20 years and it’s an honest, hard-working area – that’s what I am and that’s the background I’ve come from.”
Coughlan will meet his new squad of players for an inaugural training session tomorrow morning (Wednesday 18).
He will then greet the media in a press conference called for 1pm.
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