- The 80-year-old will leave his position at the LMA at the end of the season
- Howard Wilkinson has held the role of chairman for almost 33 years
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Howard Wilkinson will step down as chairman of the League Managers’ Association (LMA) at the end of the season, marking the end of an era.
The former Leeds and Sheffield Wednesday boss was a driving force behind the creation of the organization in 1991, which emerged from an idea he hatched with Graham Taylor, the then England manager.
Now 80, Wilkinson has held the chairmanship for almost 33 years, which has been central to its expansion and evolution to represent its managers and coaches in the modern game.
In particular, the introduction of regular health and wellbeing checks and support services.
He was awarded an OBE in the last New Year’s Honors and will leave a legacy from his tenure at the LMA, just as he did in four years as the FA’s technical director, where he built the modern academy system and the National Football Center at St. George’s Park.
Howard Wilkinson will step down as chairman of the League Managers’ Association (LMA) at the end of the season.
Wilkinson (left) is regarded as a legend at Leeds due to his successful time as manager at the club
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The LMA has started the process to find his successor.