Huddersfield sack manager Grant after eight months

The League One side signed the 42-year-old on a three-year deal in May, marking his first managerial position since joining Ipswich Town after three years on the coaching staff.

The club overhauled the squad over the summer and made a strong start, winning five of their first seven league games, in an effort to return to the Championship at the second attempt.

Since then, they have struggled to maintain consistency, falling to sixth place in the standings on Saturday.

We were clear about our goals, how we wanted them to be achieved, and the type of team on the pitch we wanted to enjoy alongside our supporters, according to Huddersfield owner Kevin Nagle, who returned with renewed optimism and hope after actively refining our first team over the summer.

With only a half of the season remaining, we have no other choice but to make a change to get the side back on track because sadly none of those goals are being met in our current form.

Huddersfield are the seventh League One team to have a new manager this year.

With Grant’s dismissal, Carlos Corberan will be the last Terriers manager to lead the team for the entire season.

Seven managers have left West Yorkshire since the Spaniard’s departure.

After spending three years on Kieran McKenna’s coaching staff at Ipswich, Grant returned to Huddersfield in the summer.

A squad that finished 10th last season had been transformed by the former Derby, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday, and Stoke goalkeeper.

Alfie May, the Birmingham striker, and Jack Whatmough, Ryan Ledson, and Lynden Gooch, the Championship’s veterans, were also signed for more than £1 million.

The club was backed as pre-season favorites for promotion by American owner Nagle after that recruitment drive and their ambitions, which led to a 3-0 home victory over the team’s beaten play-off finalists last year.

They were third on their September 13th visit to local rivals Bradford City, but they fell to Valley Parade with a 3-1 defeat, and they haven’t moved that far in the rankings since.

Despite having played more than one game the entire season, they are now 16 points behind leaders Cardiff. They spent the majority of the season in or just outside the top six.