Dean Wilkins

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Dean Wilkins

Personal information
Full name	Dean Mark Wilkins
Date of birth	12 July 1962 (1962-07-12)
Place of birth	Hillingdon, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Southampton (first team coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1980-1983	Queens Park Rangers	2	(0)
1981	MYPA	11	(3)
1982	MYPA	?	(2)
1983-1984	Brighton & Hove Albion	3	(0)
1984	Leyton Orient	10	(0)
1984-1987	PEC Zwolle	44	(3)
1987–1996	Brighton & Hove Albion	335	(31)
–	Total
Teams managed
2006–2008	Brighton & Hove Albion
2010	Southampton (caretaker manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Dean Mark Wilkins (born 12 July 1962) is an English former footballer and the ex manager of English football team Brighton & Hove Albion. Wilkins was temporarily in charge of Southampton, after the sacking of Alan Pardew, but was succeeded by Nigel Adkins after only 3 games.

Club career

Born in Hillingdon, Wilkins represented QPR, Leyton Orient and Brighton & Hove Albion as a player, before moving into coaching. He is the son of footballer George Wilkins and the youngest brother of the former England international Ray Wilkins and Chelsea defender Graham Wilkins. Summers 1981 and 1982 Wilkins played in Finland.

Wilkins initially struggled to break into the Brighton team the year after they were relegated from the old first division, and so left to make his mark on the continent. He returned to play with some distinction for Brighton, having an excellent passing ability and delivery from free kicks.

In the 1990–01 season Wilkins scored in the final minute of the final match of the season to earn Brighton a place in the play-offs in division two, despite having negative goal difference for the season.

After Brighton won a two legged semi-final 6-2 against Millwall, Brighton lost 3-1 to Notts County in a pink wavy kit that resembled a pack of raspberry Chewits sweets. Wilkins scored Brighton's goal in the final minute, and so became the last Brighton player to hit the onion bag at the old Wembley stadium.

Managerial career

Wilkins assumed the position of caretaker manager when Mark McGhee was sacked in early September 2006. Later that month, it was announced that Wilkins had been given the job on a permanent basis. On 3 April, Wilkins was offered a three year contract with Brighton & Hove Albion, which was agreed on 24 April.

Under his management, Brighton secured the coveted eighteenth position in League One at the end of the 2006–07 season. In early May 2008, it was announced he was to be replaced as manager at Brighton And Hove Albion by former manager Micky Adams, despite taking the Seagulls to a credible seventh place finish just outside of the playoffs in his first full season. As a consequence Wilkins was offered his former role as first team coach at the club. However, he rejected the offer and parted company with the club he had been associated with in various capacities for twenty years.

On 31 July 2009 Wilkins was named as Alan Pardew's assistant manager at Southampton. On 30 August 2010, Wilkins was appointed caretaker manager at Southampton after manager Alan Pardew was sacked, until 12 September when Nigel Adkins was appointed.

Managerial statistics

As of 12 September 2010.

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Brighton & Hove Albion		8 September 2006	8 May 2008	102	39	24	39	38.2
Southampton (caretaker)		30 August 2010	12 September 2010	3	0	0	3	0.0

External links

• Dean Wilkins management career stats at Soccerbase