- Darren Moore guided Sheffield Wednesday to promotion last season
- Neil Warnock took charge of his final game in the 2-2 draw against Stoke on Wednesday
Huddersfield have appointed Darren Moore as their new manager following the departure of Neil Warnock.
Warnock took charge of his final game for the Terriers in the 2-2 home draw against Stoke on Wednesday night and the Sky Bet Championship club have wasted little time in appointing Moore as his replacement.
A statement on the club’s official website read: ‘We are delighted to welcome Darren Moore to Huddersfield as our new manager.
‘Darren, 49, was the standout first choice after an extensive recruitment process led by CEO Jake Edwards and sporting director Mark Cartwright.
‘He joins Town following a successful promotion campaign with Sheffield Wednesday last season, adding to his managerial experience in the Premier League and Sky Bet Championship at West Brom and his successful time as manager of Doncaster.’
Championship club Huddersfield have appointed Darren Moore as their new manager
Moore guided Sheffield Wednesday to promotion to the Championship last season
Neil Warnock took charge of his final game for the Terriers in the 2-2 draw against Stoke on Wednesday
Warnock, 74, admitted earlier this week that the club’s decision to part ways with him had come as a surprise.
He had come out of retirement only to return in February for his second spell as Terriers boss and after saving them from relegation last season, he and assistant Ronnie Jepson signed new one-year contracts.
Edwards said ‘few management duos could have kept us in the Championship’ when Warnock announced his impending departure early this week and that the club wanted to bring in a new manager ‘from a position of strength’.
Former Derby and West Brom defender Moore guided Wednesday back to the Championship via their play-off final victory against Barnsley in May.
But the former Doncaster boss left Hillsborough by mutual consent the following month after failing to agree a new contract with Wednesday chairman Dejphon Chansiri.
Moore began his managerial career at West Brom in 2018, initially as caretaker following the sacking of Alan Pardew, and also spent two years in charge at Doncaster.