Coventry Metropolis boss Frank Lampard, Millwall’s Alex Neil, Sergej Jakirovic of Hull Metropolis and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg have all made the shortlist for Championship supervisor of the season.
The quartet are in competition for the award that was picked up by Burnley’s Scott Parker in 2025.
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The winners might be introduced on Sunday, 19 April on the English Soccer League’s annual awards ceremony in London.
Lampard’s Coventry solely want 4 extra factors from their remaining 5 matches to win promotion to the Premier League for the primary time in 25 years.
Hellberg has stored Boro throughout the automated promotion locations for a big a part of his tenure after the departure of Rob Edwards to Wolves in November.
Millwall have thrived underneath Neil this season – profitable 21 video games, second solely to the Sky Blues’ 25 – and Jakirovic has taken Hull into the play-off locations in his first marketing campaign in cost. The Tigers solely escaped relegation final season on objective distinction.
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4 gamers are nominated for Championship participant of the season.
Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney, Coventry goalkeeper Carl Rushworth, Millwall ahead Femi Azeez and Championship prime scorer Zan Vipotnik, who has scored 20 targets for fifteenth positioned Swansea Metropolis, are all up for the award.
The Championship’s younger participant of the season nominations function three 21-year-old midfielders on the shortlist – Leicester Metropolis’s Jordan James, Sheffield United’s Sydie Peck and Bobby Clark of Derby County.
Stoke Metropolis defender Ashley Phillips, 20, can also be up for the award.
Lincoln Metropolis & Bromley cleared the path
Final yr’s League Two supervisor of the yr Graham Alexander has earned one other nomination for his work with Bradford Metropolis in League One [Getty Images]
In League One, Lincoln Metropolis boss Michael Skubala is listed for supervisor of the season after the Imps secured promotion over Easter weekend.
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He’s named alongside Graham Alexander of Bradford Metropolis, Cardiff Metropolis boss Brian Barry-Murphy and Stevenage’s Alex Revell.
League One prime scorer Dom Ballard is nominated for the participant award, as is Doncaster Rovers’ Owen Bailey and Lincoln Metropolis pair Jack Moylan and Sonny Bradley.
Leyton Orient’s Ballard can also be listed for younger participant of the season award.
In League Two, Bromley boss Andy Woodman, Paul Warne of MK Dons, Oldham Athletic’s Micky Mellon and Cambridge United head coach Neil Harris make the supervisor quick listing.
Bromley pair Mitch Pinnock and Omar Sowumni are up for the participant award, with Swindon City’s Aaron Drinan and Callum Paterson of MK Dons rounding off the nominations.