Russ Wilcox
Wilcox as Scunthorpe United manager in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Russell Wilcox | ||
| Date of birth | 25 March 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Hemsworth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1981 | Doncaster Rovers | 1 | (0) |
| 1981–1982 | Cambridge United | 0 | (0) |
| 1982–1986 | Frickley Athletic | 129 | (19) |
| 1986–1990 | Northampton Town | 138 | (9) |
| 1990–1993 | Hull City | 100 | (7) |
| 1993–1995 | Doncaster Rovers | 81 | (6) |
| 1995–1997 | Preston North End | 62 | (1) |
| 1997–2003 | Scunthorpe United | 118 | (4) |
| Total | 629 | (46) | |
| National team | |||
| 1986 | England semi-pro | 2 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004 | Scunthorpe United (caretaker) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Scunthorpe United | ||
| 2014–2015 | York City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Russell "Russ" Wilcox (born 25 March 1964) is an English former professional footballer who was most recently manager of League Two club York City.
Wilcox played as a defender between 1980 and 2003 and spent the final six years of his career with Scunthorpe United which is where he began working under Brian Laws. 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. The pair returned to Scunthorpe in 2012 and in November 2013 Wilcox succeeded Laws as manager of the club, taking Scunthorpe to promotion. A poor start to the following year's campaign saw Wilcox sacked from Scunthorpe and he was then recruited by York City. Another poor start to a season saw Wilcox sacked by York City in October 2015.
Wilcox was born in Hemsworth, West Riding of Yorkshire. He started his career with Doncaster Rovers as an apprentice, and made his first team debut aged 17 when starting the last match of their 1980–81 Fourth Division promotion winning season, a 1–1 away draw with Mansfield Town on 6 May 1981. His progress the following season was disrupted through injury, and he left for a brief spell with Cambridge United of the Second Division. Wilcox dropped into non-League football to play for Alliance Premier League club Frickley Athletic during 1982–83.
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