Huddersfield Town manager Neil Warnock has signed a one-year deal to remain with the Championship club for the 2023-24 season. The 74-year-old, who initially retired from football management in 2022 after leaving Middlesbrough, came out of retirement in February to rejoin the club until the end of the season. When Warnock arrived, the Terriers were 23rd in the table, but he led them to seven wins in their 15 games and they eventually finished 18th – nine points off the relegation places.
Warnock and his assistant Ronnie Jepson have now committed to the club for a further year. This is almost 30 years after Warnock’s first stint with Huddersfield, during which he led them to promotion from Division Two via the play-offs in 1994-95. Chief executive Jake Edwards said: “Neil and Ronnie have incredible knowledge and skill as a management team; that was clear in the job they achieved here at the end of last season. They also have an amazing connection with this club and our supporters, which is also so valuable.”
Despite their marked decline from 2021-22, when they reached the Championship play-off final, Warnock immediately turned Huddersfield’s fortunes around on his arrival. He led them to victory against Birmingham in his first game and eventually sealed safety in their penultimate match of the season as they beat automatic promotion winners Sheffield United at home. Warnock said: “This is now a chance for me to put something back into the club. After having conversations with [chief executive] Jake Edwards, it became obvious that this was going to be a difficult job for me to leave and for anybody new to come into after what we’d built at the end of last season. We’re quietly confident – I know what the club is all about and I have to say, the response I got after those last two games is something I’ve never experienced in my whole life.”