Steve Cotterill

Steve Cotterill

Cotterill as manager of Bristol City in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Stephen John Cotterill[1]
Date of birth	(1964-07-20) 20 July 1964 (age 60)[1]
Place of birth	Cheltenham, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Forest Green Rovers (manager)
Youth career
	Alvechurch
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Cheltenham Town	9	(1)
1987–1989	Burton Albion	74	(44)
1989–1993	Wimbledon	24	(7)
1992	→ Brighton & Hove Albion (loan)	11	(4)
1993–1996	AFC Bournemouth	55	(18)
Total		164	(73)
Managerial career
1996	Sligo Rovers
1997–2002	Cheltenham Town
2002	Stoke City
2004–2007	Burnley
2010	Notts County
2010–2011	Portsmouth
2011–2012	Nottingham Forest
2013–2016	Bristol City
2017–2018	Birmingham City
2020–2023	Shrewsbury Town
2024–	Forest Green Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen John Cotterill (born 20 July 1964) is an English coach and former player who is the manager of National League side Forest Green Rovers.

Cotterill, a striker, had a nine-year career as a footballer playing for Burton Albion, Wimbledon, Brighton & Hove Albion and AFC Bournemouth before deciding to take up football management. He began with Irish side Sligo Rovers and after a year he returned to England and took over at his home town club, Cheltenham Town. He did well at Whaddon Road guiding the club from the sixth tier to the third in five years. His success at Cheltenham led to Stoke City appointing him as their manager prior to the 2002–03 season.

After 13 games as manager, he left to become assistant manager to Howard Wilkinson at Sunderland only to be dismissed from this post with Wilkinson in March 2003 after 27 games in the role. He joined Burnley in June 2004. After three years at Turf Moor he moved on to have a short spell at Notts County in 2010 and spent a season-and-a-half at cash-strapped Portsmouth. In October 2011 he was appointed manager at Nottingham Forest guiding the club out of a relegation battle. He was dismissed by Forest in July 2012 after the club was taken over by the Al-Hasawi family. In January 2013, he joined Queens Park Rangers' coaching staff remaining until the end of the 2012–13 season. Cotterill was appointed manager of Bristol City in December 2013, taking them to the Championship before being dismissed in January 2016. He was manager of Championship club Birmingham City from September 2017 to March 2018.