Jimmy Dack
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 June 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Roehampton, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| – | Brentford | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1990 | Epsom & Ewell | ||
| 1990–1993 | Sutton United | ||
| 1993 | → Dorking (loan) | ||
| 1993–1994 | Crawley Town | ||
| 1994–1995 | Carshalton Athletic | ||
| 1995–1998 | Sutton United | ||
| 1998–1999 | Aldershot Town | ||
| 1999–2001 | Sutton United | 29 | (2) |
| 2000–2001 | Farnborough Town | 41 | (2) |
| 2001–2002 | Crawley Town | ||
| 2002–2003 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ||
| 2003 | Carshalton Athletic (player/coach) | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | Newport County (caretaker) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
James "Jimmy" Dack is an English professional football coach and manager.
Playing career
Dack began his career as a youth at Brentford.[1] After being released, he played as a midfielder for a number of non-league clubs, most notably Aldershot Town. He did not however make an appearance for a football league club.[2]
Managerial career
On 4 October 2011 Justin Edinburgh was appointed manager at Newport County in the Conference National league and two days later Dack was named as his assistant manager.[3]
In the 2012–13 season Newport attained a 3rd-place finish, reaching the Conference National playoffs. Newport County won the 2013 Conference Premier play-off Final versus Wrexham at Wembley Stadium 2–0 to return to the Football League after a 25-year absence with promotion to Football League Two.[4]
On their return to the Football League in the 2013–14 season Newport County finished a creditable 14th in League Two.
On 7 February 2015, with Newport County in 6th place in League Two, it was confirmed that Edinburgh had been appointed manager at League One Gillingham with Dack stepping up to caretaker manager at Newport County assisted by Wayne Hatswell[5][6] Dack's first match in charge was a 2–0 defeat at AFC Wimbledon on the same day. On 24 February Dack was confirmed as team manager until the end of the 2014–15 season.[7] On 29 April Dack stated he had been offered the manager's job beyond the end of the season but he had decided to move on after the final game of the season.[8] Newport finished the 2014-15 season in 9th place in League Two. Terry Butcher was appointed team manager of Newport County on 30 April 2015.[9]
In June 2015 Dack was appointed Assistant Manager to Mark Yates at previous club Crawley Town. Yates and Dack were sacked by Crawley on 26 April 2016.
References
- ↑ Brentford Matchday Magazine versus Scarborough 27/02/99. Charlton, London: Morganprint. 1999. p. 19.
- ↑ Aldershot town profile
- ↑ Jimmy Dack named as Newport County assistant
- ↑ Hughes, Dewi (5 May 2013). "Wrexham 0–2 Newport". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ↑ Justin Edinburgh: Gillingham appoint Newport boss as manager
- ↑ County confirm Justin Edinburgh's departure
- ↑ Newport County appoint Jimmy Dack as manager until summer
- ↑ Dack declines Newport offer
- ↑ Butcher appointed Newport County manager
