Next Wigan Athletic Manager Odds

One manager who is very likely to become the next manager of Wigan Athletic after John Sheridan recently left for Swindon Town is the current caretaker manager, Leam Richardson.

In his first managerial position, Richardson was appointed as caretaker/assistant manager at Accrington Stanley under Paul Cook. However, when Cook moved on to the Chesterfield role in October 2012, Richardson became manager of Accrington Stanley.

Although Richardson won his first fixture in charge against Bristol Rovers, his time ultimately was quite a failure, winning nine out of the 33 games played in League Two, which placed them in 18th position. This inevitably was the last time he would manage a side, until 2020, as since he has been working under Paul Cook as his assistant.

Chesterfield, Portsmouth and Wigan are all clubs Richardson worked under Cook until the manager resigned in 2020. Before Sheridan was appointed, Richardson managed Wigan for one game before becoming the assistant to the new manager.

Now, despite having less than a year’s worth of experience as a manager, Richardson has worked very closely with the footballing world and especially with Wigan in recent years. Currently, Richardson's odds of becoming the next Wigan manager is priced at 1/3.

Graham Alexander is a manager who has recently left a managerial role and could be looking to take over the Latics. The former Salford City manager has had eight experience in the coaching world and has been extremely successful.

In his most recent role, he earned the Ammies promotion to League Two and subsequently avoided relegation the following year.

Despite earning an EFL Trophy final spot, which was postponed indefinitely, the Salford City board decided to relieve him of his role explaining that their ambition is to gain promotion every year and are not afraid to be ruthless. With Wigan now in need of a manager who can bring them out of relegation, they could turn to the former Salford coach.

Although, Alexander has not had much experience in fighting a relegation battle. Currently, odds on Alexander becoming the next manager of Wigan is priced at 14/1

Another manager who is in contention for the Wigan manager role is former Latics manager Gary Caldwell.

After Malky Mackay was dismissed from his role as Wigan manager in April 2015, Caldwell was allowed to manage his former club until the end of the season. Unable to keep them in the Championship, many called for his resignation, however, with the faith of club chairman David Sharpe, the Scotsman was kept as the manager for the following season.

With the help of star striker, Will Grigg, who netted 25 goals in the league, the Latics were promoted back to the Championship winning the League One title on 87 points. He was then relieved of his role the following campaign after a winless run of four games.

Caldwell has managed two other clubs of relegation battling clubs of Chesterfield and Patrick Thistle but both ended with the manager being relieved of his role after a bad start to the season. Only at the Scottish side did he avoid relegation at the club.

With Wigan now sat bottom of League One after 11 games played, it could be a perfect time for Caldwell to make a return to the club that he was successful at.

As of now, the next Wigan manager odds for Caldwell is priced at 5/1.

One of the more vastly experienced managers that are in contention for the Latics manager role is Steve Cotterill.

The former Burton Albion striker began his managerial career at Sligo Rovers in 1995, where he led the side to a third-place finish as well as a League cup final. Since then he has gone on to manage numerous clubs such as Stoke City, Notts County, Portsmouth, Nottingham Forest and Burnley where he spent a large part of his managerial career.

Cotterill had little success at the club, however, he did take the side to the fifth round of the FA Cup in 2005 beating Liverpool 1-0 in the third round. More recently, he was manager of Birmingham City after taking over from Harry Redknapp, which he spent some time under as assistant coach. He couldn’t help the side move away from the relegation zone and after a series of defeats influenced by injuries and boardroom politics, he was dismissed from the club in 2018.

Despite not managing a club since, Cotterill has a huge amount of experience in English football, which is more than many of those who are in contention for this role. As of now, Cotterill odds of becoming the next Wigan manager is priced at 10/1