Lee Clark has been appointed as Rotherham United manager
Former Huddersfield Town boss Lee Clark has been appointed as Rotherham United manager on a short-term deal until the end of the season.
The 53-year-old took charge of the fellow League One outfit in the middle of last week, after Matt Hamshaw was dismissed following a 5-0 defeat at Peterborough United.
The Millers went on to lose 3-0 at league leaders Lincoln City in Clark’s first game at the helm on Saturday, leaving them third from bottom in the table, six points adrift of safety with eight matches left to play.
Clark had just over a three-year spell at Town’s helm between December 2008 and February 2012, guiding the Terriers to back-to-back play-off finishes in League One, as well as ninth place in his first season. Town also broke a Football League unbeaten record under Clark, going 43 league games without defeat between December 2010 and November 2011.
The ex-Town boss went on to have spells in charge of Birmingham City, Blackpool, Kilmarnock, Bury, Blyth Spartans, Al-Merrikh and Al-Ittihad, with his stint at Rotherham his first managerial role in four years.
At his unveiling at a press conference, Clark said: “I’ve been out in terms of not being in the dugout, but I haven’t been out of the game, in terms of watching games, visiting football clubs, developing myself in the football world, as a coach, as a manager. Learning from people who are being successful, watched games over numerous levels, from Champions League all the way down to National League at various times.
“Why this job? We first met about 12 years ago when I spoke to the chairman, Paul (Douglas) and the board of directors, and they left a lasting impression on us.
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“When I moved to various different other clubs at the time, I just kept looking out for how Rotherham were doing, and was delighted with the success they had under Paul (Warne), and getting to the Championship on those occasions, delighted with the success Steve Evans had.
“It’s my second time being a manager in Yorkshire now, and the people are so genuine, they love their football, and hopefully replicate what I’d done first time around.”
On the prospect of keeping his new side in the division, Clark added: “Well I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t think I could do it.
“When we spoke, when I met the board after the decision about the previous manager on Wednesday, when I came to the meeting, I wouldn’t have come to the meeting if I didn’t think I could do it. What was the point of coming in for nine games and believing that I couldn’t do it, just to be a football manager again? No, I didn’t need that.
“I looked at the group, and I looked at what could be done, and I believe we can get the job done. Is it going to be easy? Absolutely not, but I certainly wouldn’t be sitting here today if I didn’t think there was a good opportunity to stay in this division.”
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