Steve Bruce
Black Cats Back Bruce
Steve Bruce
By The Black Cats
June 4 2009
Niall Quinn confirmed that Steve Bruce has been appointed as the Club's new manager yesterday afternoon. Bruce, 48, has signed a three-year contract with the Black Cats, until 2012, and was introduced to the media last night.
Steve Bruce
June 4 2009
Niall Quinn confirmed that Steve Bruce has been appointed as the Club's new manager yesterday afternoon. Bruce, 48, has signed a three-year contract with the Black Cats, until 2012, and was introduced to the media last night.
Bruce has established a reputation for producing well organised
teams and for unearthing and nurturing terrific talent, something
he has done exceptionally well at Wigan. In the season just ended
he steered the Latics to a highly creditable 11th place finish.
Niall Quinn expressed his delight at clinching the signing of Bruce: "Steve will bring a professionalism and strength of character to this club that will really help to bring us forward to where we all want to be. He knows more than anyone what football means to people of this region and I'm confident that he will be able to instill into our players exactly what it means to play for this football club."
Bruce was born in Corbridge in Northumberland, and has eleven years experience as a manager since becoming player/manager with Sheffield United in 1998. He has since taken charge of seven Barclays Premier League campaigns, five with Birmingham City and two with Wigan who he began a second spell with in November 2007.
Having taken over at St. Andrews in December 2001 he guided the Blues to promotion in his first full season and kept them in the top flight for four years. In 2007 Steve again led Birmingham into the top flight, his side only losing out on the title to Sunderland on the last day of the season.
Bruce will be joined by coaching staff Eric Black, Nigel Spink and ex-Sunderland striker Keith Bertschin.
Black is a former Motherwell and Coventry manager who had a spell as caretaker boss at Birmingham as well as being assistant manager at Celtic. He has been described by Steve Bruce as "a truly outstanding tactical coach with a comprehensive knowledge of world football."
Goalkeeping coach Nigel Spink played over 450 times for Aston Villa, famously winning the European Cup on only his second appearance. Spink spent six years coaching at Birmingham before re-joining Bruce at Wigan in January 2008.
Keith Bertschin scored ten goals in 30 starts (plus 13 as sub) at Sunderland from 1987-88. He joined Birmingham City as reserve team coach in November 2007, a position he has since held at Wigan.
Steve Bruce: Managerial Record
| 1998-99 | Sheffield United |
| 1999-2000 | Huddersfield Town |
| 2001 | Wigan Athletic |
| 2001 | Crystal Palace |
| 2001-2007 | Birmingham City |
| 2007-09 | Wigan Athletic |
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